Polisher medium

I think that the term you are looking for is tumbling media. For derusting I would look into ceramic media.

i

Available at ????????/

Steve

Why in hell do you want to polish five gallon buckets?

Harbor Freight, Northern Tool, etc.

Lots of places, such as ebay. Probably locally too.

i

Sand works ok..but tends to turn into dust in a surprisingly short time.

Ceramic polishing media is best

While a big big....does tend to work well enough. Assuming you dont need "detail work"...

google "ceramic polishing media"

Gunner

I am the Sword of my Family and the Shield of my Nation. If sent, I will crush everything you have built, burn everything you love, and kill every one of you. (Hebrew quote)

So they will be shiny!

Sand is free, in some places. The last place I lived was surrounded by many square miles of 'Sugar Sand'. When it wore out, you just walked outside with a bucket & a shovel. :)

and the dust is free silica, so you want to keep it wet

What rusty parts? Tumbling in ceramic media will not just remove the rust but also edges, threads etc. Rotary tumbling is more likely to do this than vibratory tumbling.

I don't. I just wanted to throw another troll out there for the anal netnannies who can read English, but find it necessary to pick apart every participle, possessive pronoun and adverb.

Hold my beer, Vern. I've got another one. And this is a big un.

Steve