I've been a fan of RCBS Case Slick for a long time. I purchased 6-7 bottles of it several years back and tucked it away, figured I wouldn't need any for a long time given the amount.
I placed them high up on a shelf and left them. I didn't have a need for any of it until recently, as in last week. When I grabbed the front bottle, it seemed a little low. I reached for the one behind it that was unopened. Hummm, seems like every bottle of it was down to less than a 1/3rd of what was suppose to be in it. I had no idea it could evaporate out and never had been opened, it has in this case.
I managed to get the top off of one (they don't just unscrew like one would think). I topped it back off with 91% isopropyl alcohol and proceeded to spray down a little over 300 9mm cases. I waited a few minutes before sizing a few, didn't seem to feel right, no scratches though. So, I figured what the heck and got down another bottle and mixed the two. Oh that worked real good! Slicker than snot I say. Maybe a little too slick I thought, no dents or anything, just didn't need that much and why waste it? Back to the drawing board. I opened it and poured about a 1/4th of it back into the empty and topped it off with the 91% alcohol. All seemed well, but still pretty slick.
All sized and ready to clean. I gave them a good hot water bath but something wasn't right. Once the soap bubbles stopped, I figured they were ready to wet tumble. Odd thing was, they still felt a little tacky to the touch. I went forth and pin tumbled them for 2.5 hours. They didn't come out a batch of pretty yellow shining brass. I've had it happen before, but here's the odd part I need advice about. The cases still feel tacky to the touch, ugh! I oven dried them for 30 minutes at about 200°. Strange, they still (to me) feel a little tacky to the touch. I cleaned my pin's and barrel with a 45 minute tumble using Dawn soap, they both seem fine.
Sadly, I have another 500-600 cases that are lubed with the same mixture, sized and waiting for a tumbling. Any idea how to get it off before tumbling it? I've done a lot of searching online and more and more, I'm thinking I'm going to have to tumble it off, before I can tumble wet tumble it.
Get a gallon jug of gasoline and swish them in it? Denatured alcohol?
Murphy
Note: That joker that wrote Murphy's Law's? Made zero exemptions for those with the same last name as his!