So I have acquired a largish vintage-ish parts washer/tumbler/polisher. Im not really sure what I need as far as the media... Its definitely using a solvent of some sort as it has a drain and an aux hose and wash/rinse station. It has a large basket of little hershey kiss looking things that I guess bounce around and shine the stuff up. What am I needing for the actual solvent? I have safety Kleen stuff but its disolving. Also, I need smaller polishing things. The ones now arent getting into the smaller spaces I would like. The machine works GREAT, but needs some fine tuning. Any Idea where I can look? Im not sure what to even plug into google to search...
It's a tumbler/polisher. I don't think the liquid is anything special unless you are tumbling something that requires it. Media can be had at Grainger and a few other places. Ebay is always your friend as well. http://www.grainger.com/category/tumbler-media/tumblers-and-media/abrasives/ecatalog/N-i03#nav=/category/tumbler-media/tumblers-and-media/abrasives/ecatalog/N-i03Z1z0h2jw http://www.grainger.com/category/tu...h/tumblers-and-media/abrasives/ecatalog/N-i04 more info here
God I love Grainger! But there ain't a thing they sell that can't be found somewhere else for 6x cheaper. Bastards are proud of their shit!
http://www.vibrafinish.com/supplies.html http://www.kramerindustriesonline.com/LQD.html Looks like most of the chemicals are some level of degreaser or solvent with some additional rust inhibitors. Just like anything else there always more to it.
We buy our products from Advanced Finishing Technologies. What are you planning to use it for? I could tell you the media and solution we use if it's similar use.
A company in my industrial park had a few tumblers of that type. Depending on the finish he would use either something granular like Black Beauty, or small triangular polishing stones. I think he got most of his stuff from McMaster-Carr. His parts were stainless, so he added water and a few handfuls of turtlewax, he mentioned the turtlewax was the most important part for a good finish. Requires a bit of experimentation.
If you use the smooth triangle media with an oxalate acid solution you can achieve and ISF polish. This is the same polishing process that Yosh does to transmission and other parts. From what I have read, some deck cleaning solutions you can get at home depot have oxalate acid. http://www.pfonline.com/articles/ch...ishing-cavsf-with-oxalic-acid-based-solutions
