How do you clean up spilled powder?

Smitty said:
I ran into a flood of my basement & some of my powder was WET as were some of my primers.

Instead of throwing it away I spread the powder out over brown paper & the same with the primers only teeth down. Every so often I would check both by moving them around a bit.

Some months later I reloaded some as against my best load with the same 38 Spl 162SMC cast bullet tip, as against same Winchester C231 & same Federal Primers.

Tested them against each other & basically the same grouping. Also no Hanoi Janes either. So file that in your brain in case you run into the same problem I did.
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shootist22-250 said:
Good post!!!
Interesting.

Cheers
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Not really, this is a Darwin looking to happen.

He just got lucky this time.

Wetting powder can change the burning rate by washing off some/all of the retardant, therefore making it a faster powder and possibly explosive.
 
Ceska said:
Grab a pair of the wifes old nylons and stretch them over the nozzle of your shop vac. Feed some down the nozzle to make a pouch then suck up what ever debris you want. Best way I know to collect small parts you drop.

Tweezers, yikes. :)
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I just have to try this! Just one question: Do the nylons have to be your wifes? :)
 
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