Small part question

Ardfarkl
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Edited Date/Time 3/8/2019 9:54am
I saw a “tumbler” in a part store and was wondering if anyone had used one for small aluminum parts or nuts and bolts?
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bigmaico 3/5/2019 4:25pm
3/5/2019 4:25pm
Mike,

I have 2 tumblers, one small one from Academy & one large one I use to tumble cases for ammo.

Give me a day & I’ll run a test on some parts for you.
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bigmaico 3/6/2019 5:01am
3/6/2019 5:01am Edited Date/Time 3/6/2019 5:04am
Hey Mike,

Just started the test batch of Rusty bolts & Dull Aluminum.

Going to let it run till Noon & then take a look to check at the progress.

Sorry for the fuzzy pic's, but I'm one handed for the next few weeks. I still can't Embed pic's sorry!

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bigmaico 3/7/2019 3:25pm
3/7/2019 3:25pm Edited Date/Time 3/7/2019 3:27pm
Mike,

I let the tumbler run for about 7 hours & it did take the rust of the bolts.

But it didn’t polish or remove any of the scum off. It didn’t do much to the aluminum parts.

You can a much better job with a bottle of evapo rust & a buffer.

Moto Obsessed 3/8/2019 9:27am
3/8/2019 9:27am
Ardfarkl wrote:
Thanks for the effort sir!!
Evoprust is LEGIT!! I bought a gallon and poured some in this tray and let this rusty Dynoport pipe lay in a shallow pool of the Evaporust... The results speak for themselves! I loved it so much I ordered a 5gal pail off Amazon (totally worth it, since you can reuse this stuff for a long time)




But aside from that... I think THIS is really what you need to see. All of Cameron's videos rock, but this one is especially cool...

https://youtu.be/8_e9EAJiiwY
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