Lets talk case lubes

[Dennis]

I use Imperial Wax. It's the best.

I won't advise anyone else to do this, but after I rezise, I use brake cleaner or the below process to clean the cases. Depends on the amt of cases.

On larger lots, I use Denatured alcohol or Laquer Thinner and cleanse the brass. It's take everything off instantly. I use these two products daily, so it's nothing for me.

You can buy brake cleaner by the gallon.

Putting them in a vibrator after sizing with wax is a mess.

In fact, I use a quart can, fill 1/2 way with laquer thinner, put brass in, install top, adjatate the brass for a minute or two, then remove brass from the thinner and put on a towel to dry. I pour the brass out using a strainer into another container.

After their dried, I will put them in a vibrator for any hour or so. Works every time.

Sometimes the wax would get inside the brass and nothing will get it out except a thinner. You could use a SS cleaner with soap, but thinner or alcohol is the quickest.

I also neck up several loads and put oil inside and outside the necks to do this. Doing so is like having butter on the brass and takes no effort to neck up the brass.

If you throw them in a vibrator after doing this, the walnut just balls up on the oil inside the case. You will clearly see this. The alcohol, brake cleaner, or thinner will dilute it instantly, just adjatate the brass in the solution for a few minutes as per the above. Again, a strong liquid soap will also clean them, but it's slower and harder to get out.

ONLY do this outside on a pinic table or something. DO NOT do this inside. Make sure your area is well venalated. Do not smoke or be around any open flame.

PS: Laquer Thinner works the best, it's instant. I purposly put oil inside the brass, the added the Walnut, a screwdriver wouldn't get it out. It plugged the brass up.

Drop it in Laquer Thinner, shake 10 seconds, all you have is the Walnut floating around.I hope I don't catch to much heat for this, JMO and my process.

I will have to add, if you Google "cleaning rifle brass" you will find several methods including chemical cleaning. Ultrasonic cleaners work great as well. Iosso Liquid Case Cleaner Kit works good and can be used inside. Some use boiling water and soap! Some put their brass in socks, put in their washing maching, hot water and Tide and claim it does the trick cleaning.

My second method would be Ultrasonic cleaning, but takes a lot longer. Again, JMO

Simple Green, Windex, Citrus Cleaners also work good.

[lal357]

for me its hornady one shot been using it for years now never stuck a case i load anything from 223 to 300 win mag.