Lubricant for brass in tungsten carbide die?

[nueces5]

I have tungsten carbide dies on the dillon 550, but I lubricate the 9mm brass a little with wd40 so that everything flows better.
Today I had lanolin and isopropyl alcohol prepared, and I decided to put some on them.
Then I regretted it, since everything is a little sticky and I don't know if it will influence the cycling of the gun.
Do you use any lubricant?

[Finster101]

Guns should cycle fine. What was the make up of the mix? I use a 10 to 1 ratio. I spray the brass very lightly in a bowl or tub and shake them around then let them sit for a few minutes for the alcohol to evaporate. I have found it takes very, very little spray to accomplish what I need. I use empty eyeglass cleaner bottles for application.

[Winger Ed.]

WD-40 is evil, and should be punished.

[reddog81]

I use Hornady one shot case lube spray for all pistol cases even when sizing in a carbide die. It helps a bit to keep the press operating a bit smoother.

[Kestrel4k]

WD-40 is evil, and should be punished.

People are evil, and so are punished with WD-40.

[nueces5]

I had put it 10 to 1, but now that I think about it that was months ago, I should add alcohol again.
wd 40 doesn't fix anything, but it improves everything hahahaha

[nueces5]

People are evil, and so are punished with WD-40.

in the eyes!

[Texas by God]

WD-40 is great for cleaning Tru-Oil from your hands and helping your arthritis at the same time…..
Multitasking!


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[Winger Ed.]

WD-40 is great for cleaning Tru-Oil from your hands and helping your arthritis at the same time…..
Multitasking!

Yeah, it does come in handy for a few things.
An old friend would use it and a butane lighter to chase fire ants around.
He even shot down a few mosquitos too.

[georgerkahn]

I have tungsten carbide dies on the dillon 550, but I lubricate the 9mm brass a little with wd40 so that everything flows better.
Today I had lanolin and isopropyl alcohol prepared, and I decided to put some on them.
Then I regretted it, since everything is a little sticky and I don't know if it will influence the cycling of the gun.
Do you use any lubricant?

I am not a fan of WD40 for use in my reloading room. For brass I use only Imperial wax, currently distributed by Redding.

[Kai]

Skip the lube all together. Especially for little 9mm cases. Just don't need it with carbide. But if you continue to lube and don't like the stuck just tumble your loaded rounds in corn cob media.

[cwtebay]

WD-40 is great for cleaning Tru-Oil from your hands and helping your arthritis at the same time…..
Multitasking!


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Also works fantastic on frozen squeeze chutes and steelhead bait (when they're running a little rough that is).
But gun stuff......no.

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[poppy42]

WD-40 is evil, and should be punished.

+1 on this! WD-40 was never meant to be a lubricant! And if the loud to dry it will gum up everything!

[Kriek]

You can try castor oil and alcohol as well. Works the same as lanolin.

1:5 ratio. 1 spray for 500 x 9mm cases. Thay is for both castor and lanolin.

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[trapper9260]

+1 on this! WD-40 was never meant to be a lubricant! And if the loud to dry it will gum up everything!

That is my gun smith told me about it . The evil use on a gun . It is know for a no no use on firearms . There is better things to use s a lube on cases. Some re stated already on here.

[RJM52]

I use Hornady one shot case lube spray for all pistol cases even when sizing in a carbide die. It helps a bit to keep the press operating a bit smoother.

...found exactly the same...

While I LOVE WD-40, and clean all my guns with it, would never use it around anything for reloading...

Bob

[ioon44]

I use Hornady one shot case lube spray for all pistol cases even when sizing in a carbide die. It helps a bit to keep the press operating a bit smoother.

Works good for me also, keeps the expander on my 550 running smooth.

[Froogal]

I use the Lee sizing lube which is basically lanolin. Mix it 50/50 with water. I apply it to the brass, deprime and resize, and then tumble the brass which removes all traces of the lanolin.

[baogongmeo]

WD-40 is great for cleaning Tru-Oil from your hands and helping your arthritis at the same time…..
Multitasking!


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It will also work as starting fluid... probably is easier on the cylinder walls than ether too.

[45_Colt]

There is a long thread about this on the reloading equipment forum here. Most folks that use lube on carbide dies just do every 5th case or so. Just enough to keep the die & equipment running smoothly. Without having to lube every case.

45_Colt