Cleaning sizing wax

[B-78]

I had been using Lee lube to size my brass but bought a can of Hornady sizing wax. Prefer the wax but wondering how you guys clean it off after sizing. I use to just tumble the Lee in media for a couple hrs. Made the brass really shine. I always wet tumble it in SS pin prior to sizing so it is nice and bright to start with.
Just wondering if there is another method you guys are using to remove the wax.
It’s that time of the year when I start to load all my varmint rounds for the upcoming gopher season.

 

[ted_dent]

I just put the lubed cases in some lacquer thinner & agitate for a short while. Acetone would also work but it's pretty volatile and evaporates a lot faster. That will get rid of the sizing wax. If you want them shinier just throw them in the tumbler with some fine ground corn cob for an hour.

 

[Snider shooter]

I tumble them in walnut shell. Only takes about an hour.

 

[kjohn]

I use LEE exclusively and just wipe it off with a blue shop towel. If I am in a real fussy mood (seldom), I might put them in my FA vibrating tumbler for a while.

 

[Butcherbill]

Lee says to thin/dilute with water, so a good hot rinse or wet tumble should work fine. Or dry tumble as others have said.

 

[Dmay]

I throw mine in a plastic tub with laundry detergent and hot water. Shake, rinse couple times, and dry.

 

[Raton57]

Cloth is how I do it. Would be the fastest also. No added steps.

 

[track]

I wipe-down every case after resizing with an old shirt. I then clean-out the primer pockets, trim, chamfer, debur and then into the tumbler it go’s for a couple of hours.

 

[bibatoad]

Use RCBS case lube and a pad applicator, RCBS case lube is water soluble, comes off with a wet paper towel the dried with same, very easy. Stay away from wax type lubes, they are nasty.

 

[stewbud]

I use the sizing wax on my 38/55 cases.

When I have them sized I put them, along with my pistol brass in the dry tumbler so that all of the cases get shiny!

I opened a small jar of sizing wax 10 years ago and will not shoot enough in my life to get to the bottom of the jar.


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[boxhitch]

Have never tumble-cleaned brass
Imperial wax in and out, through the die, removal is one hand with a rag and some Brake Kleen, the other hand has pp cleaner and chamfer tool
last step is to wipe the inside of the neck, carbon is good

 

[hunting hard]

I use Imperial sizing wax and wipe the outer shell with cotton cloth, soak with warm water and dish soup and then clean inside using Q-tips and lastly , I put them in my Hornady Sonic cleaner.

 

[Dogleg]

I do various things. Often I throw them back in the tumbler for a bit,These days most of my load development is in my shop with a shooting bench by the door. This allows doing using just a few cases and walking back and forth from the reloading bench to the shooting bench. I’ll load then wile the cases off with brake cleaner, electrical cleaner or isopropal alcohol and a paper towel.that gives the barrel time to cool. There isn’t time for the tumbler.

 

[woodchopper]

I throw them back in the tumbler with the walnut shells

 

[cooey43]

I had been using Lee lube to size my brass but bought a can of Hornady sizing wax. Prefer the wax but wondering how you guys clean it off after sizing. I use to just tumble the Lee in media for a couple hrs. Made the brass really shine. I always wet tumble it in SS pin prior to sizing so it is nice and bright to start with.
Just wondering if there is another method you guys are using to remove the wax.
It’s that time of the year when I start to load all my varmint rounds for the upcoming gopher season.

I have been useing Imperial Sizing Die Wax ( by Redding) for years with great success. With it you need very little
and so it is easy to wipe off with a cloth .

 

[adamg]

I don a NIOSH mask, latex gloves, and then spray non-chloro brake cleaner on a microfiber cloth and use my hands to rub the lube off one cartridge at a time.

 

[bearhunter]

I just wipe the cases down after sizing them with a piece of paper toweling.

Each piece will easily wipe clean ten standard size rifle cases.

I'm not saying you shouldn't get more aggressive but it works for me and has for over 50 years.

 

[huntingfamily]

I just wipe the cases down after sizing them with a piece of paper toweling.

Each piece will easily wipe clean ten standard size rifle cases.

I'm not saying you shouldn't get more aggressive but it works for me and has for over 50 years.

This is all I've ever done!

 

[BigRobb]

I wet tumble again after sizing. Then a deburr and chamfer after prior to priming and loading. Just a quick tumble will do it. 20 mins or so. Some might say there’d be some peening of the case mouth, but I haven’t seen it. Especially after chamfering.
In the pursuit of consistency, I don’t want a trace of case lube inside the neck when it comes to seating.
I’m not saying it’s a bad thing to have some in there, but unless it’s the exact same amount, distributed the exact same, its going to cause inconsistencies when seating.

 

[Ganderite]

I tumble brass briefly before loading, just to get the dirt off enough to protect the does. After sizing, I tumble for several hours or over-night to make it shiny and remove the lube.