WTH copper brass?
I can find more ways to screw up! What's happened to this load of brass in my HF sonic cleaner?
I was running some mildly corroded LC brass,(new,never fired), through to remove the water caused corrosion. I had already done 3 batches with no problems. Using the new Hornady one shot case clean solution.
What was different for this load was I had dropped a steel shoe horn into it to see if it would remove the rust. I forgot it was in there, dropped the 100 cases in and started it up.
Maybe somebody on here with chemical knowledge will tell me why the brass that was in close proximity to the steel shoe horn was discolored to a copper color. The steel was covered in a black powder, as were some of the copper colored brass. They have been through a 2 hour tumble in my vibratory cleaner with corn cob and nu finish/flitz polish.
I'm aware of the fact that brass that turns copper color is probably missing zinc, or the zinc has leeched out of the brass. Almost looks like electrolysis has taken place. But where did the electrical charge come from?
I won't try to load ANY of the brass involved because it may be weak, at least not until I find out what happened. Waddaya think?
I can find more ways to screw up! What's happened to this load of brass in my HF sonic cleaner?
I was running some mildly corroded LC brass,(new,never fired), through to remove the water caused corrosion. I had already done 3 batches with no problems. Using the new Hornady one shot case clean solution.
What was different for this load was I had dropped a steel shoe horn into it to see if it would remove the rust. I forgot it was in there, dropped the 100 cases in and started it up.
Maybe somebody on here with chemical knowledge will tell me why the brass that was in close proximity to the steel shoe horn was discolored to a copper color. The steel was covered in a black powder, as were some of the copper colored brass. They have been through a 2 hour tumble in my vibratory cleaner with corn cob and nu finish/flitz polish.
I'm aware of the fact that brass that turns copper color is probably missing zinc, or the zinc has leeched out of the brass. Almost looks like electrolysis has taken place. But where did the electrical charge come from?
I won't try to load ANY of the brass involved because it may be weak, at least not until I find out what happened. Waddaya think?