At my age (bifocals) I'm having great difficulty with or without glasses (especially in dim/low light conditions) to read brass case stampings/cartridge designations on brass.

Is there anything on the market or someone with a good idea for something that could be wiped on that would "highlight", contrast them or make them stand out?

Blue the end to separate them.
Or blue the end and polisch the bottom to highlight the text.

One of those cheap gooseneck illuminated
lights would work wonders for you.

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Originally posted by hawkins:
One of those cheap gooseneck illuminated
lights would work wonders for you.

I was thinking along the same lines but the round ring light with a magnafier in the center workes great!

cheap one here!

Maybe a jeweler's loupe or try coloring the heads with some colored chalk and wipe it away with a finger or thumb. The chalk will still lay in the recessed areas to read and can easily be removed with a brush or tumbled.

Wipe the base of the case across a paper towel dampened with some sort of solvent. My favorite is lighter fluid.
Steal a bottle of nail polish from wife and color the base and wipe on towel to remove excess.
You can color coordinate the base with caliber,

Jim

My optometrist made a mistake with my reading glasses and you can't see a damn thing with them if it is further away than about 12". But, lordy, if you get that little booger within a foot of your face you can see the E-coli crawling across its surface.

Ask your optometrist about some ultra-close-up specs.

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Originally posted by hawkins:
One of those cheap gooseneck illuminated
lights would work wonders for you.

I have just this thing with a magnifying glass - (about six inches across) - that works wonders for just such a thing.

Similar to this but I don't think I paid that much.


http://www.amazon.com/Daylight...id=1300812419&sr=8-4

I highly recommend a trip to my automated eye doctor at Dollar General. 2.0 works for me!

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Originally posted by airgun1:
I highly recommend a trip to my automated eye doctor at Dollar General. 2.0 works for me!

I started going there about two years ago.

Well I get mine 2.5's at Walgreens but have found w/o paying a fortune I lose more of the damn cheap ones! No easy answer for aging eyes.

A magnifying glass is cheap and portable.

I use the rigid headband thingie when I'm reloading. It has a pair of magnifying glasses in a box looking thing that flips down in front of your eyes when you need it and you can flip it up out of the way when you don't. It sounds ackward but really isn't. I think I got mine from Midway @$15.00.

+1 on wasbeeman's post. Don't forget to take off your "cheater's" before tryint to use it as magnification upon magnification seems to be ackward.