A little off topic - Keeping Brass Shiny

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Hey guys just looking for a way to keep brass shiny and clean long term. A little background on why it is a little off topic. I recently lost my father to an accident at work. Young man still - 55 - and an avid hunter and fisherman. In the last few years we have been lucky to go on a hunt together almost every year. Done caribou, pronghorn, moose, bear and were in the process of planning an elk or possibly a mule deer hunt in Wyoming with the same outfitters we did the pronghorn with. Unfortunately we will miss out on some great hunting years together.

I have been asked to reload some bullets with some of his ashes. My sisters, mother and my wife had jewellery made with some of his ashes from the funeral home. My sisters asked me to make the shells for their husbands and one for my uncle and myself. I have chosen to reload some 6.5x55 and it was his - and mine I guess because of the connection going back to when I was 12 or so and got one from him at Christmas - favourite rounds.

I have some of his fired brass, that I will keep with his fired primer that I want to reload. Just wondering what has worked best to keep brass shiny over the years? Should I spray it with a sealant? Or just find a brass polish and clean them occasionally?

Thanks Guys.

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Sorry to hear that about your Dad.Personally, I'd just polish the rounds occasionally. I know it would help ME to remember him every time. (And I've asked MY son to do the same thing with some of my ashes when that day comes for me.Maybe I'm not so crazy after all !).
 
Flecto Varathane from a spray can. I have done both silver and brass with this stuff and it never tarnishes even 20 years later. As long as it isn't carried around in pockets it should be fine for decades.
 
Sorry for your loss.
Clean the brass and polish with superfine steel wool. Then put in a solution of a tablespoon of citric acid (Health food store) in a quart of clean water. Leave for 30 minutes and remove. Pat dry with a towel and blow out with airs. Dry in a warm oven. Let cool and seat bullet. Dip in clear lacquer using string or wire through the primer hole and suspend to dry. The citric acid passifies the brass making it tarnish resistant. Handle the brass and bullets with clean gloves so you don't get fiingerprints on them.
 
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