Something ate my brushes!!!

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Just went to clean a rifle and use my Tipton nylon brushes that have a steel rod and there is blue, orange and white crusty stuff all over the brush were something has attacked the steel. I used it with sweets, butches and eliminator and rinsed in hot soapy water it seems they are being eaten away! $9 down the tubes!
 
Clean brushes in isopropyl alcohol. 91% Shake off excess.

Hoppe's #9 to clean the bore. Run a couple wet patches . Let sit over night. Finish up in the morning.

Breakfree CLP for storage.
 
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Clean brushes in isopropyl alcohol. 91% Shake off excess.

Hoppe's #9 to clean the bore. Run a couple wet patches . Let sit over night. Finish up in the morning.

Breakfree CLP for storage.
I have a large bottle of Eliminator. I'm just trying to figure out why in the world the metal is being eaten away. I used 3 brushes, one for each solvent and it seems when the water hit them is what started eating them.
 
Clean brushes in isopropyl alcohol. 91% Shake off excess.

Hoppe's #9 to clean the bore. Run a couple wet patches . Let sit over night. Finish up in the morning.

Breakfree CLP for storage.
Isn't alcohol itself corrosive? I know the current fuel certainly did a job on a previous boat's fuel system.
 
Well a quick email to Tipton saying hey i only used these brushes one time and now they are corroding got an email right back asking for pictures and what brand solvent. I emailed him back this morning with pictures of rust covered brushes and received a response that's its okay to wash the solvent off the brush but make sure i take a rag and dry them really well because the steel rod will corrode. Asked for my address and will get some out to me ASAP. I did spray some CLP type stuff on them and it brought the blue crusty stuff off but they are still rusted and don't trust that in my barrel. These next ones i will wash and then dry instead of leaving sit out to air dry.
 
copper solvents are hydrscopic, my bottle of Sweets gives instructions on not leaving that stuff on any metal.
 
Who would have thought it, steel rust when left wet. :)
I wouldn't have thought that fast. (OVERNIGHT) I've never had an issue with other brushes and stuff rusting and this doesn't even look like rust to me it looks like its being eaten by solvent. You would have thought i poured sweets on a copper penny there was so much blue, orange crusty stuff. The blue stuff like foamed up and dried i could barely see the black nylon bristles. I more emailed them asking why it was eating away at it if maybe i shouldn't use that solvent with those brushes or what.
 
copper solvents are hydrscopic, my bottle of Sweets gives instructions on not leaving that stuff on any metal.
In his last response he said that Eliminator had something to do with reacting with water based stuff and that might have reacted and caused my issue. I deleted the email so i cant see 100% what he said.
 
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