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Polishing Brass at My Place. 
 I have been asked how come I use 12 galons of media in my polisher. Here's why.
I bought this concrete mixer at Harbor Freight for a little more than $200. I could have bought a used one but I did'nt want to clean a used one up. When I assembled it, I just did'nt put in the paddles. I secure the opening with a piece of ruber liner I had and a bungee cord. Two and a half buckets of media to one bucket or so of brass. I usualy run this for 2-3 hours with moderatly 'fresh' media and 2 1/4 oz. of magic rub compound. I have to clean the media after about 35 polishing hours. The polishing time for each load varies on the 'freshness' of the media used.
 Yep, those are totes catching the media. The red one has 1/4" holes drilled into its bottom. I've told you guys I try to save money for the cool things. You can't tell but I use the smaller, finer walnut media. I think it does a better job because there is more surface area to use. Also, it has to be cleaned less and it flows thru the holes in the tote better and with less effort just by being lifted out and set at an angle over the green tote. This is a back saving move.
 To clean my media, I have begun to put the media in a pillow case, wire tied at the top of course, and set into the old washer I have. I repeat the wash cycles until the water is for the most part clean. I use two or thee bags at a time or I counter weight the load with something heavy. (I use a lead bar) After the media is done cleaning, I run the washer thru a cycle just to get rid of any lingering dirty water. I dont know if I should advise you to run this media thru the dryer or not. Its your washer. I do but I am not maried so if the pillow case tears, (knock on wood) there won't be any unhappiness, I just have to clean it up. I mean, its a $50 washer and dryer I am using here.
The media will dry just being left out in the sun. But i really like the washing machine for this. Before, I was washing them out by hand and it took twice as long and was back breaking.
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