somethin weard brass and green slime

[bheadboy]

I have recently cleaning a lot of brass, some mine and some range,
I sorted into trays 9mm,40,45acp, and set aside stacked on top of each other

today I went back to sort some more and the top two trays, 9mm and 40sw the brass had a liquid - dark green, on the brass and settled to the bottom of the trays below the brass the fluid is thick and takes dishwashing soap and a scrubber to get it off the tray, it is green in color

I looked at the shelf above, and nothing leaking that could have caused this, the two bottom trays were clean as they came out of the vibrator.

I have a vibrator and use Lyman cob mixture, they the filter screen to get the cleaning agent out of and off the brass. this is done by hand.

any ideas?

Bob

 

[gotcha]

What ever it is, don't eat any. It might be Soylent green

 

[bheadboy]

What ever it is, don't eat any. It might be Soylent green

cant figure it our so I dumped the whole batch of brass, and the cob mixture from the vibrator.

start clean, been doing this over 55 years and never had this happen,

Bob

 

[gotcha]

LOL, Maybe its a case of CRS. I know its happening to me more often lately. I walk into a room and can't remember why I went there. I leave the room and it suddenly occurs to me why I went and the cycle starts all over again. Not sayin' you are afflicted but if the shoe fits............

 

[JohnKielly]

Got a cat?

 

[snert]

Got a cat?

Nothing worse to turn brass green than cat whizz....LOL

 

[bheadboy]

Nothing worse to turn brass green than cat whizz....LOL

no snert, no cat, trays on shelf 5 ft up, nothing above to drain or lead down.

Bob

 

[joshb]

Gather it up and send them to me. I'll do some tests. I'll even pay shipping. Might be bug poo! Maybe someone is playing tricks on you?

 

[Changeling]

If I had a "Green Slime" problem, CALL GHOST BUSTERS, quick.

 

[AndyA]

how about mice?

 

[jonbearman]

Were the cases completely dry? What do you add to the corn cob to polish the cases.

 

[/VH]

how about mice?

Probably better get a cat!

 

[hoz53]

I have recently cleaning a lot of brass, some mine and some range,
I sorted into trays 9mm,40,45acp, and set aside stacked on top of each other

today I went back to sort some more and the top two trays, 9mm and 40sw the brass had a liquid - dark green, on the brass and settled to the bottom of the trays below the brass the fluid is thick and takes dishwashing soap and a scrubber to get it off the tray, it is green in color

I looked at the shelf above, and nothing leaking that could have caused this, the two bottom trays were clean as they came out of the vibrator.

I have a vibrator and use Lyman cob mixture, they the filter screen to get the cleaning agent out of and off the brass. this is done by hand.

any ideas?

Bob

I have some rounds I loaded probably 30 years ago that developed a green sticky coating on them. Now that I think about it I have factory loads that old and some a lot older that don't have the green stuff on them. I wonder if it could have something to do with case lube. Also had some rounds in leather belt loops for a few years and they got the green stuff on them. I thought it was just a kind of corrosion but mabie not.