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I too had the "red dust". Smell was normal. Emptied the can, looked inside and it was a rusty can. Got rid of the dust by pouring from one bowl to another outside in a light breeze. I believe the fan to be a far superior method and will use that idea if I have more dust. I used all of that powder with no issues whatsoever. I repackaged most of my metal cans to plastic powder bottles.

Has anyone seen the "red dust" with powder packaged in plastic?

Same here. Multiple metal cans, 1# and 8# IMRs: 4895, 4198, 4350, 7828, 4320, and 4831. Just finished last metal cans of 4320 and 4895. Working with couple 8#ers, 4350 and 7828, both from late '80s. Unopened till this year. Cloud of red dust on pouring, especially from the 4350. Of note: plenty of ether odor, and no sign of deterioration on individual granules under magnification. Last, all foregoing behave/chrono as expected.

As can contents work down amount of red dust seems to diminish. Guessing it was on top between air space and powder.

I've had a couple of cans go bad - always been metal DuPont/IMR cans.

Only metal can I still have is IMR 3031. I checked it and it looks and smells good. I should probably use it though