Tumble your Dies??

[gimling]

Was wondering if anyone has considered this?? I live in florida and its extreme high humidity rusts everything, I know after receiving dies u gotta clean off the oil that prevents rust but then what? Anyone think its a good or a bad idea to take apart my dies put em in some walnut media and Nu Finish?? as nu finish is keeping my brass from oxidizing if I just tumble them with my SS media in 2 days they would start to oxidize, with nu finish and walnut media they been out in the garage 2 months and are looking like new brass.

I ask this because I got a lee universal decapping die used it put it away for about a week when I got it out of the drawer it was already starting to pit, tell me what yall think. Thanks...

[Dale in Louisiana]

Grey Scotchbrite pad (fine grit) to get the rust off, then a light spritz of CRC Stor & Lube, available from industrial supply houses.

dale in Louisiana

[1hole]

As a Jax Florida boy myself I understand. Go to Walmart's auto oils dept. and getta quart of ATF (automatic transmission fluid); use it for an excellant light gun and fishing reel oil. A thin coat will protect guns and dies, etc, from rust for months. It works as well as any costly gun oil and better than most.

[gimling]

but if I put oil on it wont I have to clean it off each time I want to use my dies?? I don't want to oil and clean dies every time I want to use them, I also don't want to contaminate the powder or primer. just thought that since nufinish works on polishing the brass and doesn't contaminate this would be a good idea.

[tom357mag]

YES YES YES!!!!!!!! Tumble them with Nufinish , you will not regret it. I have done it and it works great. Take them apart and tumble as you would brass.

[44Vaquero]

I have done it too, it works just fine. My fingers leave rust prints on bare metal. I also use RIG wax on bare metal that cannot be tumbled.

[r1kk1]

I have done it too, it works just fine. My fingers leave rust prints on bare metal. I also use RIG wax on bare metal that cannot be tumbled.

+1 on RIG

take care

r1kk1

[w5pv]

After you get them clean,I use a spray wax like pledge or some thing similar that will keep them looking new for years.I live in south east Texas and have to deal with the high humidity also.

[Maximumbob54]

Eezox. I live in Florida and I use it one anything that rusts and it never rusts again. I wipe everything down when done using it.

[mdi]

YES YES YES!!!!!!!! Tumble them with Nufinish , you will not regret it. I have done it and it works great. Take them apart and tumble as you would brass.
Yep, works for me too...

[Hatiwolf]

what do you do if you have the threads already rusted. my .40 dies got left on the porch.

[Dale in Louisiana]

I don't get nearly as concerned about threads. A thousandth inch lost due to removing corrosion isn't going to get you in trouble.

Threads get a scrubbing with a little stainless steel 'toothbrush'. You can get those at a lot of places including gunshows and big box home supply stores.

dale in Louisiana

[Mike 56]

I have few sets of dies that i am going to polish in the tumbler. Here in Ca we don't get much humidity but at one time i had a hot water vent problem that made the humidity bad in my garage. I would hose down the dies with W-D 40 and would remove the excess with compress air.