Token Tumbling

Ehm...well from my understanding I recieved an email that stated that UPS had damaged the shipment therefore it was being returned. SO I'm still waiting.
The greater question is...how do you destroy crushed corn cobs?
 
I use crushed walnut shells and a little polish, they come out shiny and new.

Ehm...well from my understanding I recieved an email that stated that UPS had damaged the shipment therefore it was being returned. SO I'm still waiting.
The greater question is...how do you destroy crushed corn cobs?
 
I used crushed walnut many years ago when I outfitted mine with .900 mechs.

Worked pretty well. I think I used Novus 2 in the media. Don't remember if I had Flitz at that time or not.

I also tumble my used balls and then make desk pyramids out of them. :)
 
Yea last night I left it run for about 8 hours. Woke up today to find some really nice looking tokens. Yet some still needed some more attention.
I'm thinking for 30 year old untouched tokens, a good 8 hours is good if you are using the powdered walnut shells. I did try the Nu Finish it seemed to help and I was careful not to overload.
I filled it to about half and put in maybe 200 at a time.
I also threw in half a paper towel that I had ripped into about 4 strips to pull up the dirt coming off the coins and keep the media clean. I've heard you can use used dryer sheets for this too.
I'd still like to see how the corn cob media does because I've heard that you use the walnut shells as the cleaning agent, and the corn cob to polish.
I've also seen where some actually mix their own cocktail of the two medias.
 
Well I've done all of it with the Walnut so far until the corn cob can come in.
I've done about half the lot so far.
Before:
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After:
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In the .01% chance that anyone reading this inherited a coin collection, please note that cleaning your coins will destroy all value. I'm sure most probably know that, but you don't even want to use soap and a toothbrush on coins let alone polish them. Tarnish is a good thing when it comes to old coins...

The tokens look much better Zinfer. It will be interesting to see how effective other media is.
 
I have a special lot of 'KD Kingdom' or 'KO Kingdom' tokens I experiment with first. Never heard of it. Has anyone else? I'm more looking for any wear on the lettering and design before I put my good 'Fun-N-Games' tokens through a cycle.

Now, if I could come up with a Downy 381 coin counter....life would be good. Man those things are PRICEY.
 
Hornady M-2 case tumbler. This is normally used in polishing brass shells.
 
Corn cob media is gentler, I'm not sure it's a better polishing agent however since it all depends on what you're trying to polish. For most stuff I run in my tumbler (pinball parts) it takes a minimum of 24 hrs, usually 48 to 72 to really shine things up.

I think it's safe to experiment with a batch of common tokens for up to 72 hrs in walnut media, without any loss of surface detail or plating. At that point, they'll be as far as walnut will go, I'm not sure corn cob would add anything finish-wise to that type of material, it's usually for the really soft stuff like yellow and red brass, and aluminum.
 
You wouldn't believe the results on 30 year old brass tokens with this. I'm very impressed. It may not happen in an hour, 12 hours, 24, but eventually it cuts through it and makes them sparkle.

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