this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2023
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I've been using the same one for a few weeks now and just noticed it was turning black. I tried to clean it but that did nothing. Is this something that happens with cheap needles? Is there a particular brand I should get?

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[โ€“] danekrae 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It looks like it's been heated.

[โ€“] Ataraxia 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's their acidic grease hands

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I think this might be the first meta comment I've seen since coming to lemmy

[โ€“] MrJameGumb 2 points 2 years ago

Nope, just regular use!