glass bead can hurt the case hardening, walnut or shell works great, ultrasonic with rust solution is the better choice. OR Evaporust. you would need to baby sit it i use this stuff all the time its amazing. i buy a lot of vintage tooling and some scrap steel from time to time. works good on rusty gas tank too. you can get it at any decent auto parts store for around 20 bucks. get a plastic container from the local wally world, and your in business.