I think I may have a solution to your
brass brush problems....I use this brush, it's made for cleaning
weapons. VERY very stiff bristles, all plastic and has 2 size heads on it . the smaller
part of the brush is 3mm wide 15 mm long and the thicker
part of the brush is aprox 18 mm wide and 32 mm long .. I think it works great and you could find one in any army surplus store ...not sure about european , but definately US and
Canada (
comes out of an
weapons cleaning kit) so you get a hard bristle brush without the brass dangers