"You love making problems for yourself, don't you? Take a freaking magnet with you. "
Will a magnet attract solid brass?
In so far as me making problems for myself. I actually reduce problems for myself by using quality stuff when I make repairs, so I don't have to do them over repeatedly. Just getting good quality repair parts for houses is difficult because the mass marketers mostly stock cheap crap and builders and contractors use only the cheapest quality available (unless it effects it's appeareance) and most homeowners don't know any better and just replace in kind.
Since I started using stainless steel hardware I don't have rust or stripped heads, or heads the break off screws.