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Can brass be damaged from over cleaning with stainless pins?
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<blockquote data-quote="boattail match" data-source="post: 2109115" data-attributes="member: 111501"><p>Maybe 15 years ago, I bought a slightly used Thumler's Mod B w/ fast motor, for $100 and being the beaucoup cheap Charlie that I was, bought $5 of the two thinnest sizes of brass rods at the local welding supply and cut them into lengths which wouldn't get wedged into my widest- mouth pistol brass.</p><p>I've never had an issue and tumbling more than maybe 20 minutes is wasting pennies for excess electricity.</p><p>The smallest rods even slip through the flash hole.</p><p></p><p>Now that I've saved all that money, I'm trying to remember what primers look like.</p><p></p><p>Ps Too much Lemi- Shine and/or Cream of Tartar is not a good thing and will render your brass pink, as it leaches some of the zinc from the brass surface. I use just a couple of drops of Dawn and a tiny amount of mentioned chemicals in just enough water to cover the brass.</p><p>Make yourself a homemade pin separator from one of the simple ideas on YouTube, dry the cases in the Sun in Summer, or near the fire during Winter and you're good to go.</p><p>I still have uncut rods from initial purchase, since I learned that those little pins have legs and need corralled.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boattail match, post: 2109115, member: 111501"] Maybe 15 years ago, I bought a slightly used Thumler's Mod B w/ fast motor, for $100 and being the beaucoup cheap Charlie that I was, bought $5 of the two thinnest sizes of brass rods at the local welding supply and cut them into lengths which wouldn't get wedged into my widest- mouth pistol brass. I've never had an issue and tumbling more than maybe 20 minutes is wasting pennies for excess electricity. The smallest rods even slip through the flash hole. Now that I've saved all that money, I'm trying to remember what primers look like. Ps Too much Lemi- Shine and/or Cream of Tartar is not a good thing and will render your brass pink, as it leaches some of the zinc from the brass surface. I use just a couple of drops of Dawn and a tiny amount of mentioned chemicals in just enough water to cover the brass. Make yourself a homemade pin separator from one of the simple ideas on YouTube, dry the cases in the Sun in Summer, or near the fire during Winter and you're good to go. I still have uncut rods from initial purchase, since I learned that those little pins have legs and need corralled. [/QUOTE]
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