Ammonia Based cleaner used in Brass Casing

[ambishooter]

I accidentally used ammonia based cleaner in my brass. Brass is clean and rinsed properly. Brass has been used at least twice. Am I in dangerous situation that this brass will crack in my next reload? Brass is for 9mm and load is 3.8 gr Bullseye 125 gr LRN - DRG.

 

[Mopp]

Ammonia based cleaner

Should be no structural problem with reloading this cleaned brass unless you allowed the original brass to stew in the solution for a couple of months.

 

[ambishooter]

Should be no structural problem with reloading this cleaned brass unless you allowed the original brass to stew in the solution for a couple of months.

Just overnight (approx 8 hrs) and rinsed thoroughly next morning. What I noticed is a few of them with pink tarnish like marks. Otherwise, everything looks clean.

 

[zuke]

Their still safe to use.

 

[ambishooter]

Good to hear. THANK YOU!

 

[LUTNIT]

The pinkish tarnish is probably just a surface reaction similar to corrosion. I would say worst case scenario is you get some split necks a couple reloads earlier than you normally would.

 

[blacksmithden]

John Y Cannuck took a lot of time and effort to do the testing on brass vs. Brasso (ammonia based) and has debunked the myth that it kills brass. Anybody got a link to that thread ?