Cleaning 450 Sizer

[JudgeBAC]

I recently posted a query about cleaning a 450 sizer. I believe it was Dale53 who suggested taking it apart and putting it in a box and using a hair dryer to melt the old lube. Boy this worked great. My 450 looks new. Now that I've elminated all of the old lube I can try some of LARS 50/50 beeswax alox lube. One further hint, put some paper or paper towels in the box to collect the melted lube. I also used the hair dryer on my sizing dies and top punches. They all look brand new. Try it. It works.

[Swagerman]

Glad you found that out, the ole hair dryer works really good even on a 2 minute preheat session on a star lube die station and the pump.

I use Lyman alox 50/50 stuff myself...though it can get bit messy if you warm things up too much.

Jim

[largecaliberman]

JudgeBAC,

Another alternative - imerse the parts in hot boiling water.

[9.3X62AL]

Ditto to Swagerman's text--a couple minutes' worth of warm-up of the 450 with one of the many used blow dryers that accumulate around here "gets things moving" in cooler weather using Javelina. I don't use the high-temp lubes, dunno if the blow dryer would enable their use.

[Bucks Owin]

This is "off the trail", but has anyone figured out how to get a 450 to stop leaking out of the bottom "tapered part" of the threaded pressure rod when using the heater?

Some lubes are worse than others in that regard....

Dennis

[JudgeBAC]

My suggestion is warm it up for 30 mins or so, start sizing bullets and then unplug it. Unless it is very cold, I believe the lube will stay warm enough to size a number of bullets. You can always plug it back in if the lube begins to harden.

[mparks]

I use a heat gun to quickly melt lube out. Just a little faster than a hair dryer and my wife doesn't complain about alox on the hair dryer:-D

[Rangerone]

I just up-ended the luber (and all of the old sizer dies) on a old cookie sheet with a few paper towels, put it in the oven at 180 degrees or so and 20 minutes later, all the lube was absorbed into the paper towels...