What do you use? Do you bother? I find white spirits works well, then leave it for a while to dry
Unfortunately I'm out of white spirits and tried boiling water. HURRY UP AND DRY I NEED TO LOAD THIS STUFF NOW. And also it's still covered in lube.
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What do you use? Do you bother? I find white spirits works well, then leave it for a while to dry
Unfortunately I'm out of white spirits and tried boiling water. HURRY UP AND DRY I NEED TO LOAD THIS STUFF NOW. And also it's still covered in lube.
"Tork"paper towel (but I use "Lee Lube":XD:)
I use spray lube, some stuff in a squirt bottle. Throw 50 cases in a bag, squirt in some lube, shake it around, size. Easy as.
But it gets inside them so I like to clean it out as it's quite sticky.
Lee lube on the body of the case and dip the neck in graphite , just wipe the lee lube off with a paper towel and run a cotton bud round the inside of the neck after sizing.
Used to wipe the lube off with meths but no need really.
Lee lube is a pain being water based you have to clean your dies every time you use them or they rust.
Imperial size die wax is my choice a little goes a long way
Spray lube is fast but if your not careful it gets everywhere
A quick tumble in the walnut media after sizing does the trick.
Best thing is not to put to much lube on in the first place.
I use a stamp pad from the warehouse soaked with a few drips of Bonanza (Forsters) case sizing lube. A light roll over this is all you need.
I dip the necks into some #7 lead shot coated with graphite powder (Locksmiths Lube).
A quick wipe of the case body with the fingers and into the die it goes.
I hardly ever have to remove lube using this method.
Tumble the ammo loaded for 20 mins - no lube left.
I dont bother tumbling pistol ammo as I only give 500-1000 cases a couple of sprays in the case feeder -- pistol + carbide dies dont really need lube, but it cuts the effort by about 80% even though prob only 1 or 2 in 10 have lube on them - lube builds up in the die and is sweet.
We're not going to go into powder breaking down blah blah blah as its a load of shite. :x_x:
I just pour a bit of meths into a cloth and dump the brass into it, tumble it around like I did with the lube and brass.
Meths and cloth action removes the Dillon lube and dries fast.
If I bother removing lube from the inside neck, I use a bore mop soaked in meths, again dries nice and fast.
Lee stuff in the neck, water based for a reason ;) Who cares about the outside?
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Originally Posted by Wirehunt
Rust inside your die isn't good and Lee lube is bad for this if not cleaned out.
Interesting ideas... I use imperial sizing wax/graphite powder and I just sit there with a paper towel and clean them one by one as I'm in no rush. I run a brush down inside the neck as well.
Probably easier ways...meh.
The guy that put me onto it had been reloading commercially for 30 odd years +, I've been at it over 20 years and neither of us have had this problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Terminator
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Originally Posted by Wirehunt
Water based lube, humidity, metal surface, result rust funny that?
As a lube for reloading though it works okay
It will rust the inside of your dies, it has rusted some of mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wirehunt
Great lube though, use it for forming the 416B brass.