Coloring brass???

[Rsadams]

Most people I've seen in pistol competitions simple spray paint the heads so they know which brass is theirs... Same could be done with multiple colors....

 

[762willdo]

When I was in the military we used tannic acid (very strong black tea) to turn our SS knife blades black, might work with brass…….

 

[Dkk37058]

Dave M
You could color it accordingly depending on how much you bump the shoulder
Maybe this will wake Guffy up ha ha ha

 

[Tesoro]

Neve tried it but thought about it. https://www.sciencecompany.com/DIY-Patina-Formulas.aspx

Now how to order ingredients without waking up to homeland security thugs kicking down your door at 0300 hrs!

 

[Cryhavoc]

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[Dave M.]

Ditto here. But the color denotes an anomaly to that case vs. the rest of the batch. Red = suspected primer pocket issues/ Green = neck tension issue / Blue = length issue (H/S or case length) Purple = Extraction issues / Black = # times fired denoted by how many dash marks on case head.
In my method, developed over seasons of BR competition, it is treated as a dynamic as case characteristics can change from firing to firing. So permanently identifying brass cases would have no use for me. Different colored MTM and Berry's, boxes ( properly ID'd for gun/ bbl used in) work just fine.

This is actually a good idea. I use sharpies like crazy but mostly for load development or to mark a suspect case that produced an unexpected flier

 

[Dave M.]

Dave M
You could color it accordingly depending on how much you bump the shoulder
Maybe this will wake Guffy up ha ha ha

I bump 0.5-1.0 thou max on all brass. Never more.

 

[Dave M.]

I use different colored boxes. Pretty simple.

This had been my solution thus far but there are only about 3-4 colors of boxes

 

[mousegunner]

Lemonshine. When you wet tumble if you use too much or don't rinse well, it gives your brass a pinkish color. I suppose you could experiment with the amounts to see how much you need and how dark the color comes out. Seems like the cases I had wouldn't come back to the original color if I ran them again.

I don't know if its changes the brass itself but I haven't looked into that. Perhaps someone else here knows something.

 

[bozo699]

Lemonshine. When you wet tumble if you use too much or don't rinse well, it gives your brass a pinkish color. I suppose you could experiment with the amounts to see how much you need and how dark the color comes out. Seems like the cases I had wouldn't come back to the original color if I ran them again.

I don't know if its changes the brass itself but I haven't looked into that. Perhaps someone else here knows something.

I know no matter how bad I wanted colored brass I wouldn’t ruin it wet tumbling it!…
Wayne

 

[Dave M.]

Lemonshine. When you wet tumble if you use too much or don't rinse well, it gives your brass a pinkish color. I suppose you could experiment with the amounts to see how much you need and how dark the color comes out. Seems like the cases I had wouldn't come back to the original color if I ran them again.

I don't know if its changes the brass itself but I haven't looked into that. Perhaps someone else here knows something.

Tumbling brass is for guys that want pretty brass…..not for guys that are looking to win.

 

[Dave M.]

I have used Sharpie's, you can get several different colors. I just fill in part of the head stamp the sharpie, won't tumble off for a while. All of my brass in assigned a batch number in the database and that number is written on the box. If a piece of brass ends up on my bench, I know where it goes. When I shot at public ranges I took a broom and pushed brass away the bench before I started. Easier to find your brass then.

It “almost” like you didn’t read my original post. I’m very familiar with how sharpies work and not looking for another sharpie tutorial. From my original post…..

To be clear, before 50 people respond, I’m not interested in any sharpie rings, marking the head with a sharpie, or using nail polish or anything of the like.

 

[Chris Edmondson]

I have tried markers designed for the aerospace industry which are specified as indelible. Maybe they are indelible on airplane parts, not so much on cartridge brass IMO.

I use a tiny end mill to obfuscate selected letters and numbers in the headstamp according to my secret coding scheme . Yes, I have to wear my Captain Midnight decoder glasses to figure out who-is-who but, it works for me.

 

[LHSmith]

This had been my solution thus far but there are only about 3-4 colors of boxes

Here is what I have for 50 rnd rifle- MTM -clear blue, green, green/black, clear/smoke, red (60 rnd)
Berrys- blue/black, clear/ black, orange/black, smoke/ black.
If you need 100 rnd boxes you could always spray paint them with Krylon Fusion paint.

 

[17cal Fan]

It “almost” like you didn’t read my original post. I’m very familiar with how sharpies work and not looking for another sharpie tutorial. From my original post…..

To be clear, before 50 people respond, I’m not interested in any sharpie rings, marking the head with a sharpie, or using nail polish or anything of the like.

Very sorry, I did miss that. Hope I didn't cause you too much of a problem.

 

[mousegunner]

I know no matter how bad I wanted colored brass I wouldn’t ruin it wet tumbling it!…
Wayne

Does it ruin brass?

 

[bozo699]

Does it ruin brass?

In my opinion yes!…. It removes all the carbon out of the necks!…..
Wayne

 

[Oso]

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I use this to distinguish my 223 Rem, 36 gr, 8gr of Trail Boss loads.

That's a unique load. What are you doing with the subsonic load out of a bolt rifle? Curious Minds want to know!

 

[JFrank]

Tumbling brass is for guys that want pretty brass…..not for guys that are looking to win.

Actually, I know some guys that the last time we talked about it, not only win but win nationals that use clean tumbled brass.
Whatever works , works…

 

[NorCalMikie]

Magic Marker. Many colors to choose from. Don't like the color? Brake Cleaner it off.