Tumble Lube Poll - Stands-em UP or Leave-em Lay?

[GMT210]

Just started casting and lubing and was wondering who Stands-em UP and who Leaves-em Lay?

[jhrosier]

I like to see a nice even coat of mule snot all the way around the boolit.
It probably doesn't make the slightest difference anyhow.
I do believe that the boolits might dry a little faster standing where the air can circulate around them.
It is easier to count them into even 50 or 100 lots if I'm only doing a few.

Jack

[Ranch Dog]

I couldn't answer the poll as I use both techniques. I dip the big bullets and stand them up and those than I cannot grip, let them lay. I dust them with mica before storage and don't worry about them sticking to each other.

[dromia]

I stand them up.

I like the challenge of wrestling them upright with a pair of tweezers.

Its nice to be neat.

[DanM]

I let em lay on heavy foil, so I can pick them all up at once. Usually I dust with mica too. Standing them up seems like a lot of effort for no reward.

[Three44s]

I want all the lube on the sides and none on the base.

Base first on wax paper.

Three 44s

[Wireman134]

I'd like to stand them up,, but lately I've left them lie. I do like the uniform fill that fills the groves stood up on base allows.

[markinalpine]

I swirl lube with melted JPW. Then I scoop them out of the melted lube with a slotted spoon and dump them into the plastic storage bowl I use to keep the JPW in before I remelt it for lubing, and pick the boolits out and stand them up on wax paper to dry.
Mark

[OutHuntn84]

I just let em lie, but now I'm thinking maybe try em standing up. It would atleast give me a balanced opinion on the subject.

[ghh3rd]

I used to take time to stand them all up, but the last few batches I've just dumped on wax paper, and tried to keep a little space between them. They seemed to have dried just as fast, and work just as well.

This seems analogous to me starting my wheel weight 'smelting' by carefully sorting them, and now just dumping everything in as a low melt temp and skimming frequently.

Time is limited for me, so anything that I do to reduce the amount of time for these tasks leaves me more time to enjoy other aspects of this hobby.

Randy

[Lead Fred]

Pan luber, standem up

[GMT210]

I lubed my first batch last night and took the time to stand them up, while I was standing them up I wondered what everyone else did and if there was a good reason to stand-em up or not. Hence the poll I posted this morning. This has been a great sight and I can honestly say that I never would have gotten into casting if it had not been for the information on this sight.

Mark

[stubshaft]

Stand em up. I followed the old RD dip method and just never got around to changing my way.

If it ain't broke don't fix it!

[jforwel]

I stand them up but have never done more than a hundred or so at a time. So when I have a larger batch to do I may try letting them lie. I might move them a bit after a couple of hours to they don't develope a thick spot.

Then I might compare them with some standing boolits in the same load to see if there is a difference.

[crgaston]

Dip and stand.

[geargnasher]

I voted for stand, which I do for most of my tl application, but with the Lee microgroove .45 TC I shoot a pile of in my 1911's I've found it makes absolutely zero difference which way, so I save myself an hour of my life every time I lube a thousand and just pour 'em out, smear 'em down to one layer with a spatula, and walk away 'till they're dry.

Gear

[Shiloh]

I've tried it both ways. No difference in performance. Why take the time and mess to stand them up.

Shiloh

[Rockchucker]

Since I bought a Lyman 4500 I size and lube them and stand them on their bases with a little space in between them overnight so the lube hardens up some. them I dump them into a labeled plastic container for storage. I found out by doing it this way the lube doesn't stick to other boolits and pull off.

[Angus]

Lube em and leave em laying on their side. I drop em in the Oven on 200 for 10 minutes then pull them. The Alox is really hard and dry in about 2 hrs. Works great for the boolits I use in my 9mm, my 41 gets lube/sized boolits with LBT.

[Gerry N.]

I leave 'em lay on heavy wax paper. Then I size 'em, seat the checks and relube. I leave 'em lay again. I stood up one batch several years ago, I won't need to do that again. It was just an extra step, a messy one at that, to no noticeable benefit.

I have not noticed my boolits sticking together once they've dried so I see no benefit in dusting with any anti-sticking agents.

Your mileage, as always, may vary.

Gerry N.