Wax, spary or gel case lube for sizing

[Addicting]

I’ve thought about picking up a cheap vibratory cleaner just to clean the lube off sized cases. Worth it?

Go to the nearest good will / donation store and buy a cheap pot and strainer. Put some dawn dish soap and water then boil them for a few min. Stir occasionally and all the lube will come off.

Rinse them in a strainer and put them in a cookie sheet. Put them in the oven for 5 min or so at 300.

If you use the tumbler the lube kills the media. By washing them your media last a long time.

 

[Jbotto]

I’ve thought about picking up a cheap vibratory cleaner just to clean the lube off sized cases. Worth it?

I do everything in batches and this works really well for me. I don’t have a setup where I want to deal with wet tumbling. Vibratory tumbler gets used with walnut to clean the brass, then swapped out with corncob and mineral spirits to tumble the lube off. It’s cleaned off in a half hour or so and it’s all part of my process so I’m not usually waiting on it, just working on the next batch usually while one batch tumbles clean.

The only issue I have with this is that sometimes you get media in the flash hole. I will set up a pin of some sort (usually the case length gauge from a Lee lock stud and cutter) in a vice, press, or a powder measure stand to pop the media out as I pull cases out of the media seperator. This is the step where I get the most hands on for each case and do a good visual inspection so I don’t mind the extra step of checking for media in the flash holes.

I like the Frankford Arsenal tumbler that comes with the media separator. I spent too many years being cheap without that separator shaking out a handful of brass at a time.

 

[Bigjay73]

Dillon spray lube for me, one shot works just as well. I like the ease of sprays