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We have all seen rusty dies I am sure

But I pulled a set of Hornady Custom Grade New Dimension Dies Series II

They are stored where all the rest are and when I opened the box the darn things we just covered in surface rust
Of course I tried to clean them up and it just aint working

I called Hornady and the guy I talked to just kind of said well just touch them and they will rust should coat them with dry lube.Should that be done? I didnt expect him to cry but it was oh well


2 questions
first anyone else experience this specifically with Hornady dies? I am a novice loader and when I started using a lot of Hornady ammo of course I bought their stuff but now given the choice I seem to lean to RCBS

Second can I put these in a tumbler and see if that will clean them up? Anything negative that will happen if I do that?

Thanks Hank