Lapua Brass Ruined??

[skipglo]

Very good question. I've never seen it before. I wet tumbled it and looks good as new

I didn't think you'd have a hope in HELLLLLLO! Nice to hear they came back.

 

[Rosebud]

I had lasagna last night. The chemicals in it made me off-gas.

Pork chops and cabbage for me!

 

[slick Nick]

It would be interesting to know how they were stacked were the tarnished ones on top or mixed throughout???

 

[Dirt_Nap]

It would be interesting to know how they were stacked were the tarnished ones on top or mixed throughout???

They were all mixed throughout

 

[slick Nick]

That's really strange if it were gasses it seems that the top layers would be bad or worse, may have been some type of rinse process what did lapua say. Since they were in original boxes it seems to my three brain cells that it had something to do with their process. It will be interesting to find out from them their views. Thanks for showing this I may start cleaning mine when I get them and then store with de humid packs

 

[thecoltcommando]

It's interesting how certain chemicals can off-gas and affect stuff that's not even in contact with it other than the air, especially in a semi enclosed space. That looks like what may have happened to yours. I process a lot of 5.56 and 9mm military brass. I usually do rather large batches at each session. After all the prep, trimming, chamfer and deburr, crimp removal, etc, I wet tumble it with stainless chips to clean them up, then immediately dry tumble them in fine corn cob media which has been treated with Nu-Finish Car Polish. This is a two-fold operation as it dries the cases after wet tumbling and it applies a protective finish on the brass that keeps it bright, shiny and corrosion resistant. I have pulled out and used bags of brass that I prepped 10 years ago that still look like new.

Please message me if you still have the Parker Hale ski feet bipod. Others please disregard this as
I am new and have restrictions. Thanks

 

[quigley257]

Please message me if you still have the Parker Hale ski feet bipod. Others please disregard this as
I am new and have restrictions. Thanks

The bipod is sold, thanks.

 

[243winxb]

any ideas?

Vapor from solvents,Ethanol, cat pan, Ammonia, Can attack brass.