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Anyone tried it? Soapy water, rinse, dry?

Does work well enough to be worth the hassle?

Nah, just dump it and replace.

I have been using a 'corn cob' media but much finer. It does not block/stick in flash hole. It came via a pet shop that uses it for reptile bedding.

This was dirt cheap (excuse the pun!) so use and chuck.

JohnG :cornwall:

As a quick fix rip some kitchen tissue into small squares and tumble it with the media, it does help to clean the media.

johngarnett wrote:I have been using a 'corn cob' media but much finer. It does not block/stick in flash hole. It came via a pet shop that uses it for reptile bedding.

This was dirt cheap (excuse the pun!) so use and chuck.

Also cheap and effective is fine walnut media (25/52 grit) from bulk abrasives suppliers (this is what gets marked-up and sold as reptile substrate). We did a group buy of 250Kg last month and it came to £30 per 25Kg sack - the same stuff is also available on eBay for £50.00 delivered.

After cleaning about 20,000 cases my cleaning media is still working well (with a drop of fresh polish from time to time).
De-lubing media doesn't last so long though.

I've heard of people cleaning media in the past; I think they lived in Arizona though, so drying it wasn't a problem.

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Dromia advised adding some white spirit which I found to be quite effective, my cases much brighter now. Had the same media for years, cleans 100+ every week, must change it sometime though.

Thanks everyone.

I would normally chuck it, but I won't be near a shop selling the stuff for a while and I don't want to pay the postage.

I have used walnut media before but didn't like it as it's so small it gets everywhere.

I'll try the paper towel trick.