Cleaning sizer

[DENNIS B]

Can any one suggest a good way to clean my lyman 450 sizer..I am getting some new parts and would like to clean it before I install them ,, their's bullet lube all over it..thank you

[Kraschenbirn]

There's been a whole bunch of discussions on this very topic. Go up to the toolbar at the top of the page and run a search for "Cleaning Lubrisizer."

FWIW, though, I've had good results removing the H&I set and the compression nut (from the reservoir), then using an electric heat gun to melt out the old lube.

Bill

[RayinNH]

Heat gun works well as does putting it in boiling water. Dismantle as many things as possible from the sizer first, and don't use the wife's good cookware...Ray

[Kuato]

+1 to boiling water. I got a 450 that looked pretty beat up. Turns out, after boiling out all the lube & grime, the thing looked brand new!.. $35 bucks for a like new gray 450, sounds good to me! ;)

[theperfessor]

When I rebuilt mine I scraped out all the gunk I could and then soaked it overnight in my wash tank. Scrubbed it out the next day and it all came out real easy. Didn't have hair dryer/heat gun.

Maybe you have a friend with an automotive repair shop that has a parts wash tank? Take doughnuts along.....

[Hardcast416taylor]

A friend of mine (yes I do have a friend) gave me a "broken reloading press". that came in a box of yardsale stuff. I took a heat gun (used to strip paint) and boiled most everything and a 450 Lyman sizer with 355" sizer and correct top punch for a 9mm materalised. It had the old black lyman lube and had dried solid till I "persuaded" it to leave. A few hours labor equals a almost new sizer.:-DRobert