So for the lack of a better place to post this (and if there is, please PM me or move), I have successfully been able to breathe "new life" into my spent primers! It's like a miracle, especially since I can get very close to the performance I was getting with commercial primers, not to mention I haven't had a FTF after a few hundred "rebuilt" primers.
I know a lot of you already have enough on your plate and yes, I still have several thousand factory primers, just nice to know "how to" do this. Very interesting, fun and rewarding. I can make 1000 spp's for 1.81