Thread: Safest Method Of Discharging Unknown Primers?

Originally Posted by tibo

I haven’t come across a primer that would survive few drop of acetone….

Correct, although acetone is a reactive in and of itself. I'd be a little screwy about applying a reactive chemical to something that reacts like a primer just because of the potential... Unlikely to cause an explosive reaction, but from my experience in mining ...odd - things can happen when you start mixing different reactive chemicals without care. Used to have massive fun in the emulsions plant with suppliers changing precursor specs without telling us and finding out on the first batch with the new supply. That was usually a lengthy phone call to the head chemist for a WTF just happened explanation while we tried to identify what had changed!

One thing I will point out with soaking primers is we have absolutely no idea what environmental protection the manufacturer applied to the surface of the primer inside the cup. I suspect the reason I had no success when I tried soaking them is that I didn't disturb the surface of the priming compound inside the primer cup and that the liquids I applied to the primers just sat on top of a coating on the priming compound in the cup.