I have never used any ceramic or the little metal rods in my cleaning operation. I am still using the Vibra-Shine, vibratory bowl type of machine that I bought back in the 80's. I bought it because it was the only ball bearing motored unit available back then and it has cleaned a lot of brass without fail. I am now filling it with Lyman's treated corn cob media with good results. I started out using crushed walnut shells and found one batch that would invariably stick in the primer holes. Since I had already de-capped, I had to go through and poke out the holes with a tool. What a PITA that was. Needless to say that batch of walnut media became topsoil in the back yard. After that, I payed attention to the grit size, whenever I would purchase replacement media, and never had any more problems with that. I think that you will have to poke out each one with a tool that will fit through the primer hole and is long enough to dislodge those stuck little ceramic devils, Rusty.

I hear what you are saying about a dustless cleaning method as well, my friend, but maybe from a slightly different perspective. I like to think that as I get older, I am getting smarter, and I discovered a couple of years ago, yes the same time that I switched from walnut shells to corn cob, that when I would do my usual compressed air blow off of the cleaned brass, done by placing them in a bin-box that I use just for this purpose and blowing with about 90psi from the compressor, that I would have a massive allergy attack, or a respiratory one, sending me for pills or an inhaler. WELL DUHHHHH!!! I have been allergic to walnuts for like forever and the single worst respiratory attack that I ever had as a kid was from playing in a walnut orchard. My how we live and learn. On another note, has anybody heard from Grumpy?

All My Best
Doc