Which tumbler

[newdos]

Evaporust seemingly cleans to an extent too, it even has a cult following - https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/cult-of-evaporust

I like the idea of a 5 gallon tub being sent in the post!

so has anyone chucked some of this in the tumbler and tried it ?

Cheers

kev

 

[chris b]

Best tumblers by far not the cheapest but massive I owned one and used it for 15 years before it gave up

 

[edsr]

I put as little as possible through mine now after doing some tests on corroded parts and then trying to re-passivate them (put back the yellow protection layer, which only sticks to zinc plating). Anything that’s been properly polished to the point there’s no corrosion has lost a lot of its plating, which is visible by the areas where the yellow doesn’t stick. (See the half-plated bit hiding behind the two coil stops?)



If a part will be visible on the play field and/or is badly corroded, it goes in the tumbler.

Otherwise I clean everything in isopropyl alcohol. The polishing action strips off the electroplating which is there to protect the metal parts, (and removes the colour coding on screws etc). Anything with a passivate (yellow/green/blue/red/orange) or dull matt grey (un-passivated) finish is best cleaned by hand using foaming photocopier cleaner or isopropyl alcohol IMO.

I don’t have any long term experience of owning a machine that’s had unprotected polished parts put back in it, but if you’re keeping it anywhere with moisture like a garage I’d avoid just throwing anything metal in the tumbler. Interested in others experience here.


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[AlanJ]

On average, how long do things take to clean up in a vibratory tumbler please? Is it measured in hours, or days?
Also - could you tumble things with a screw thread, or will the thread be stripped off?

 

[ronsplooter]

On average, how long do things take to clean up in a vibratory tumbler please? Is it measured in hours, or days?
Also - could you tumble things with a screw thread, or will the thread be stripped off?

I leave them in for a few days screw threads are fine, it's not that harsh a process

 

[newdos]

yeah me too a couple of days in the tumbler with a bit of autosol chucked in

 

[AlanJ]

yeah me too a couple of days in the tumbler with a bit of autosol chucked in

Is that in addition to a hard medium too?

 

[Paul]

I used crushed walnut shells.... Add a few big dolups of Novus2 and also a few squeezes of autosol and leave for 24 hours...
(with a microfibre cloth over the top to stop the dust!)

 

[AlanJ]

I used crushed walnut shells.... Add a few big dolups of Novus2 and also a few squeezes of autosol and leave for 24 hours...
(with a microfibre cloth over the top to stop the dust!)

Thanks Paul, got the crushed walnut shells, and have some Novus...... Looks like autosol next on the purchase list. Thanks everyone for the replies.

 

[newdos]

Is that in addition to a hard medium too?

yup