Tumble Lube tedium?

[wbrco]

How many of you who tumble lube take and set all the bullets up on their bases to dry?

When you have 500 bullets that's darn boring.

Using White Lable 45/45/10.

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[Bzcraig]

I PC now but when tumble lubing I just dumped on the wax paper to dry, no need to set on base.

[retread]

I PC now but when tumble lubing I just dumped on the wax paper to dry, no need to set on base.

Same with me. No notable difference.

[CIC]

Tumble and dump. No need to stand them up.

[Yodogsandman]

Same here, tumble lube and dump. I use a 24"x30" box made of 2"x4" and has 1/4" hardware cloth attached for a bottom. I might separate the big clumps of boolits that accumulate together.

[Bullwolf]

I've done it either way, but usually I'll take the time to stand em up while I'm waiting for them to dry. But I'm a little bit OCD when it comes to loading, and my boolits.

Typically while I'm tumble lubing that's my current focus, and not reloading so it doesn't really bother me to stand em all up.

Last time I did a batch of 500 though, I just let them lay on the wax paper in whatever orientation that they fell. I still wiped all the lube off the noses on all 500 after I was finished loading em all though.

500 is a lot of boolits to stand all up at once. 50-100 boolits isn't so bad, It's just a labor of love. It's much easier to count em too, when they're all stood up.


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- Bullwolf

[Hick]

I don't bother to lube them until just soon enough for them to dry before loading-- and I load in batches of 50 most often, so I do like bullwolf (nice little rows on the waxed paper). Its a relaxing part of the process.

[GhostHawk]

I tried that for a while. I even took a foam packing block and using a soldering iron made a bullet block that would hold the noses, leaving the butt's up in the air to dry smooth and clean.

But I found no noticeable difference between those and the ones I just spilled out into a cardboard flat. So I do it the easy way now. No real difference in drying time either. Although a small fan does help a lot.

[wbrco]

I've done it either way, but usually I'll take the time to stand em up while I'm waiting for them to dry. But I'm a little bit OCD when it comes to loading, and my boolits.

Typically while I'm tumble lubing that's my current focus, and not reloading so it doesn't really bother me to stand em all up.

Last time I did a batch of 500 though, I just let them lay on the wax paper in whatever orientation that they fell. I still wiped all the lube off the noses on all 500 after I was finished loading em all though.

500 is a lot of boolits to stand all up at once. 50-100 boolits isn't so bad, It's just a labor of love. It's much easier to count em too, when they're all stood up.


http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=199340&d=1499483174


http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=199341&d=1499483204



http://castboolits.gunloads.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=114720&d=1397181574




- BullwolfSo am I but I did almost 1000 bullets, and standing all them up the first time. Even got the wife to help. (that won't happen again..).

But I'm not that OCD. [emoji12]

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[DerekP Houston]

Same with me. No notable difference.

Considering mine are all pistol plinking rounds I do not notice any appreciable difference. Shake ~100 at a time and dump on my wax sheet covered tray.

[wbrco]

This about a 1/3 of themhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170708/a08b012354eab1c80c7eeb46255d7a1c.jpg

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[robg]

I stand them on end ,just do as I like to .otherwise they wouldn't all fit on he grease proof paper but I wear disposable gloves so I don't have to scrub my fingers for hours to get the lube off them.I'm ocd that way.

[MT Gianni]

I stand them on end as I don't want any lube clumps on one side.

[williamwaco]

Some people are more interested in the process than the result.

I use only STRAIGHT LLA or BLL. I can do 1000 9 mms in about 6 to 7 minutes. 170gr 30s take about twice as long.

Obviously that doesn't include drying time.

PS: 45/45/10 was a nightmare. It was the cause of all the problems I had with LLA. As soon as I quit diluting it, all my problems went away.

BLL is the only diluted version I will use.

[Boolseye]

Gawd No. Just dump them evenly on wax paper. I use 45-45-10.

[psweigle]

I use strait liquid alox & dump them. When they are close to dry I coat them with mica powder.

[Bookworm]

I've used both 45/45/10, and the BLL (#2 - the one with the Lundmark wax). I just dump them out on waxed paper. Then I turn on a small fan and direct the airflow right at the sheet.

Sometimes, if I'm bored, I'll stand them up on end, but I usually wait until they are almost dry. That way, I don't risk wiping the coating off an important surface.

Actually, I dump them out on the "paper" from the inside of a cereal box. When I finish my Cap'n Crunch, I pull the plastic-y wrapper out, clean it, and re-use it for all sorts of things. We use it to cover dishes in the microwave too.

Because, well, I'm frugal. Or cheap.

However you slice it, it's still salami.

[Rainier]

Bzcraig
I PC now but when tumble lubing I just dumped on the wax paper to dry, no need to set on base.

^^^What he said^^^

[dondiego]

Some people are more interested in the process than the result.

I use only STRAIGHT LLA or BLL. I can do 1000 9 mms in about 6 to 7 minutes. 170gr 30s take about twice as long.

Obviously that doesn't include drying time.

PS: 45/45/10 was a nightmare. It was the cause of all the problems I had with LLA. As soon as I quit diluting it, all my problems went away.

BLL is the only diluted version I will use.

Interested in knowing what nightmares that you encountered in hopes that I don't encounter same.

[TXCOONDOG]

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[6622729]

How many of you who tumble lube take and set all the bullets up on their bases to dry?

When you have 500 bullets that's darn boring.

Using White Lable 45/45/10.

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I tumble lube and set the bullets up on their bases using home made 45/45/10

If you get bored that fast.....

[bedbugbilly]

I pretty much tumble lube all of mine - may try PC at some point in the future. I put wax paper out on a bench to spread the boolits out on. All depends on the boolit and how easy it is to stand up. 45s, 38s, 9s I usually stand up and while it's a boring chore, it really doesn't take long to do it. Long slender boolits - 8mm, 30-30s, I usually just spread out - let em dry for a few hours and then roll the around and let 'em dry more - usually overnight is sufficient. (lAlox/paste wax). If I'm in a hurry, then even those I usually stand up just get spread out - and in reality,the all shoot just fine whether stood up or speed out.

I have though about a lubesizer but is it really worth the mess?

[ukrifleman]

I use undiluted Liquid Alox and normally lube in batches of 100.

I always stand the bullets up on end, as I think they dry quicker and there are no uneven bits of coating down one side.

ukrifleman.

[trixter]

I stand them on end as I don't want any lube clumps on one side.

If you are getting clumps, you are using too much, done properly, you should just barely be able to see the lube.

[higgins]

I've done it both ways if not too many bullets are involved. I started just letting them lay on their side because if there's any trace of undried lube I would rather it be on the side of the bullet instead of exposed to the powder. Probably not a legitimate concern since most of them end up being stored for a while before loading.

[williamwaco]

It made blobs all over the bullets. They are so thick and nasty they will never dry.

[psweigle]

It made blobs all over the bullets. They are so thick and nasty they will never dry.

I would have to say that you have too much alox on them. It just takes a very little bit.