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Looks like I'm joining the stainless pin tumbling crowd
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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 2683102" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>Mine do not tarnish after pin cleaning</p><p>Citric acid chelates the brass and citric acid passivates the brass, which means that after washing in the solution, the brass is actually made more corrosion-resistant.</p><p></p><p>I have some I cleaned over a year ago and they look just fine.</p><p></p><p>During a rainy hunt I removed brass cased ammo from my gun to get into my car many times during the weekend.\</p><p>It got dropped in the grass and stuck in my pocket tossed in the center console and wiped off and back into the gun when I went back out.</p><p></p><p>Now the Virgin Lapua cases that were not cleaned had funky scratch patterns looked like spider webing on them corrosion setting in.</p><p></p><p>But the once and 2x fired cases that were pin tumbled did not have this funny look to them.</p><p></p><p>After you pin tumble and they dry they will look really bright and shiny. a couple days and the shine will dull just a bit and stay there at that stage.</p><p>At least that is what I noticed in my 1000's of cases I have played with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 2683102, member: 15054"] Mine do not tarnish after pin cleaning Citric acid chelates the brass and citric acid passivates the brass, which means that after washing in the solution, the brass is actually made more corrosion-resistant. I have some I cleaned over a year ago and they look just fine. During a rainy hunt I removed brass cased ammo from my gun to get into my car many times during the weekend.\ It got dropped in the grass and stuck in my pocket tossed in the center console and wiped off and back into the gun when I went back out. Now the Virgin Lapua cases that were not cleaned had funky scratch patterns looked like spider webing on them corrosion setting in. But the once and 2x fired cases that were pin tumbled did not have this funny look to them. After you pin tumble and they dry they will look really bright and shiny. a couple days and the shine will dull just a bit and stay there at that stage. At least that is what I noticed in my 1000's of cases I have played with. [/QUOTE]
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