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I have been reloading with Bullseye powder for most of the summer and have left the powder in my RCBS powder dispenser over the same time period. I went to change my powder over to W231 last night and was horrified to see that the powder had somehow reacted with the plastic. The powder was all stuck together and their was some kind of a gooey substance or film on the surface of the plastic. The clear plastic tube was fine with no reaction but the green plastic in the bottom of the dispenser had been attacked by the powder.
I was able to get it cleaned up to where I could use it again by using a chissel to scrape the surface with and following with steel wool, choke cleaner and rubbbing alchol. It doesn't look pretty anymore but, it is cleaned out.
Does anyone have any similiar experience? Should the powder have attacked the plastic in this manner? Is this unique to Bullseye powder? Has anyone ever cleaned up a simiar mess and if so what was your procedure? If anyone can elaborate on this, I would appreciate it.
I believe I will be removing the powder after each reloading session from here on out. I believe that most reloading manuals recommend doing this anyway but I believe it is for different reasons.
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I was able to get it cleaned up to where I could use it again by using a chissel to scrape the surface with and following with steel wool, choke cleaner and rubbbing alchol. It doesn't look pretty anymore but, it is cleaned out.
Does anyone have any similiar experience? Should the powder have attacked the plastic in this manner? Is this unique to Bullseye powder? Has anyone ever cleaned up a simiar mess and if so what was your procedure? If anyone can elaborate on this, I would appreciate it.
I believe I will be removing the powder after each reloading session from here on out. I believe that most reloading manuals recommend doing this anyway but I believe it is for different reasons.
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