Couple of years ago, I bought a Lyman 4500. The tube of black moly lube that came with it worked great, but didn't last long (takes a lot of lube to prime the lubrisizer) I filled it up with a mixture of paraffin and EP chassis grease. Everything worked great until my lube made it to down to the die (my lube was pushing the moly lube thru) My homemade lube didn't stick to the boolits. So I cleaned it all out and bought an assortment of lubes from LSStuff. I started with the BPCR, and that might have been a mistake. Great lube but messy. Most of the lube ended up stuck to the bullet base, and it squeezed out all over the place.
I cleaned that out and threw it away, and tried the BAC. It feels sticky enough, and it's not all going to the bullet bases as bad as the BPCR, but it's still going everywhere except the grease grooves. I used a drill bit to clean out the holes in the sides of the sizing die, but that didn't help.
I'm pretty sure it's my fault rather than the lube (except from that stuff I mixed myself), but I dunno what to do. All my bullet molds have bevel bases, but I had no trouble with the Lyman black lube. Maybe I need to apply a little heat and a lot less pressure? I had to heat that black lube because it was so stiff and i was using it in a cold room.
Do I need to boil the press and dies clean (throw away the lube that's in it) and start over with a fresh lube stick?
I've been just using LLA and Rooster Jacket this year because I hate using the Lyman. But I need to figure this out...