Chipk
Elite Member
I do a lot of tumbling and have always used aquarium gravel. When I do a load of clad I take the tumbler outside and drop everything into a colander and run the hose over it to remove the dirt and trash. Then I pick out the coins and drop the gravel into a container for reuse.
Well I’ve seen posts about using stainless steel shot so I bought some and used it yesterday. First I wasn’t particularly impressed by the results as it didn’t seem to be as good as the gravel. But before I dumped it into the colander I realized it would all fall through the holes and I would have lost a $20 investment. I got a magnet and collected as much as possible but realized it was labor intensive compared to gravel. It was a challenge scraping it off of a strong magnet.
So how do you salvage the SS shot?is there a larger grade? Any suggestions will be helpful
Well I’ve seen posts about using stainless steel shot so I bought some and used it yesterday. First I wasn’t particularly impressed by the results as it didn’t seem to be as good as the gravel. But before I dumped it into the colander I realized it would all fall through the holes and I would have lost a $20 investment. I got a magnet and collected as much as possible but realized it was labor intensive compared to gravel. It was a challenge scraping it off of a strong magnet.
So how do you salvage the SS shot?is there a larger grade? Any suggestions will be helpful