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Case lube bath?

I use a regular q tip or the oversized ones with the longer wooden handles with some solvent or alcohol on it and swirl it around, then dry/wipe with a patch or paper towel, whichever I find first. LOL
 
divingin said:
I use a cotton bore mop on an electric drill and spray it down with Berryman's carb cleaner. Stuff it in and give it a spin (sorry, I know this is a family-esque forum. Innuendo not intended.) The decapping assembly get removed and wiped down with a rag. The only other thing that's picky is to clear any vent hole that the sizing die may have.

Gotta say, though, that I don't do this all that often.
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I did much the same thing for a sizing die that had a small burr in the body section. Left faint scratches on my brass, Not serious, but they didn't belong there. I chucked a tight-fitting bore mop loaded with JB into a drill and fired her up. Didn't take long until I had a mirror finish and dimensions didn't change enough to notice.
 
I use the Frankford Arsenal alcohol/lanolin lube. Cases in a box or pan, spray, shake, spray, shake. Let dry. Dump right into the case feeder and go. Tumble off after. Works better than the RCBS lube and lube/decapper die for me because some of the neck mouths get lube in them this way which keeps them from squeaking.
 
I make polishing applicators out of hard foam ear plugs (yellow ones). I attach the plug to some 1/8" AL
tig welding rod with epoxy, any length needed, and spin them in a Dremel, or drill motor. Shape them on a belt grinder if needed. Apply Flitz (liquid is my preference, also have some French cream stuff from McMaster), and polish 'til the cows come home! Works great for chambers, dies, any hole. Also works nice
for attaching Cratex points to make a longer rod if needed.

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garandman said:
Whatta ya recommend for cleaning sizing dies? Disassemble? What cleaning methods?
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I immediately take apart all new dies, rinse them with Break Cleaner, and then give them a polish. I use the drill press or cordless drill. I use whichever polishing tips that best fits the inside of the die (body and neck). If it is to loose then I cut a narrow strip of paper towel and wrap it around outside of polishing tip and apply liberal dollop of Flitz metal polish. I may replace the paper towel and do a second polishing. I then find right-sized tip to fit down thru the neck of die.

https://www.amazon.com/PHYHOO-Polishing-Grinding-Accessories-Attachment/dp/B01N8OJYSD/ref=sr_1_49?crid=2QNJ9OXZ4V6PJ&dchild=1&keywords=small+polishing+pads+for+drill&qid=1628714279&sprefix=small+polishing+,aps,232&sr=8-49

After finishing polishing (1-2 minutes), I clean the die with soap/hot water and dry it off. Once fully dry I give the die a coating (inside and outside) with either Boeshield or OneShot to prevent rust.
 
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I had trouble with One Shot with my .308 cases and switched to Redding Water Saluble Case Lube

Redding Case Lube

I got tired of the additional work to clean the lube off, still required dish soap, hot water and I added lemi shine also.

I read a few posts and did some experiments. Found that I needed to lube the die with the One Shot before use and that I needed to treat no more than 50 cases at a time. Found that if there is too much time between the spray/drying time per the instructions and when I actually ran them through the dies, the One Shot would loose some of its lubricating properties.

After I figured this out, I now just spray about 40-50 cases at a time, spray the die, wait the time indicated on the can and go to town. When I start getting close I shoot the next bunch and by the time I get there, they are ready to go. I generally don't lube the die more than the one time. No trouble since.

Before I figured this out, I did get good at removing stuck cases though.
 
You have to make sure you have the correct type of "One Shot" there is case lube and another type for gun lube. I have used it for a long time now and never an issue. Stand up 50 cases in a loading tray and spray them kinda down at a 45 degree angle (gets inside the necks this way), turn 90 degrees and spray the other side. Let dry about 10 min and go nuts. I wipe them off and load.
I will say that I gave up "wet pin" tumbling on bottleneck cases.
 
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