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Curious what products the fire uses to lube brass and if you remove it, what method do you use?

Mostly Redding Imperial or Hornady unique when out of Imperial. 10 min tumble in corn cob either straight or with Iosso case polish.

Imperial wax, wipe it off with a rag.

Hornady one shot, tumble in Lyman corn cob media w/ a 1/3 of a dryer sheet.

David

What mathman said.

Dillon spray lube. Then put in the tumbler

I use Imperial and sometime tumble to remove other times use a rag with rubbing alcohol.

Motor Mica inside the neck and Hornaday One Shot are the mainstays. Imperial if heavy forming is involved. I just wipe them off with acetone on a rag or blue shop towel. I leave the mica in the neck. The only time I am concerned about getting all the One Shot off is during load work up as it can give flase pressure indications.

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Hornady one shot on some, Imperial wax on others, wipe off with rag

Imperial wax, wipe off with paper towel

Imperial or Hornady Unique. Rag or paper towel.

I squeeze one tube of Lee case lube into an empty 8 fl oz Hornady One Shot pump spray bottle I have (I didn't like it. It was too sticky to me so I poured it out before finishing it). Then pour in isopropyl alcohol to mostly full and mix it by shaking. With the cases standing in a loading tray, I spray them from above across the mouth and shoulder from different angles. That lubes the outside case and shoulders and inside the case necks. It dries quickly to a fine white residue due to the alcohol. By the time I've sized the cases, it seems like the case lube cleans itself off for the most part just by handling it. Works better than the Hornady One Shot did. Just have to shake it before using is all. This does get some over spray on the loading tray, but it is easily wiped with a paper towel or whipping it with a rag.

For small quantities of rifle brass, sometimes I'll use Hornady Unique, and then wipe it off the loaded cartridge with a rag and laquer thinner.

For larger quantities, like 223 or 9mm (yes I lube 9mm, with carbide dies, it just sizes easier) I like to use some sort of aerosol spray lube that is lanolin based. Don't really care what brand and have used several that work well. I spray it in a large ziploc bag, shake the brass around in there for half a minute or so, and load. It's easy to lube several hundred pieces or more at a time this way. I don't use very much, and usually don't bother removing it from pistol brass.

If I do remove case lube from larger quantities of rifle brass, I either tumble loaded rounds in corn cob, or rinse the sized brass in laquer thinner, depending whether I'm pre-processing the brass or just loading it. I keep a jug of solvent for that and just re-use it; that's the fastest and easiest way I know of to remove lube.

I use one shot. If working with small quantities wipe it off with a rag with a little rubbing alcohol. If working with a bunch I run it in my wet tumbler with stainless pins.

I use imperial and usually wipe them with some carb spray on a shop towel.

For large batches i use the walnut/tumbler routine.

I do small lots of 257 Roberts. Lee case lube, put on by hand, it dries quick, and can be used dry, wipes off with paper towel.

Liquid lanolin in alcohol, sprayed on for trays of brass. Tumble clean.
Lee lube for a couple cases at a time. paper towel clean.
Imperial case wax for wildcat case forming, paper towel clean.
Imperial dry neck lube for necksize only. leave them dusty.

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This is what I do 95% of the time, but when doing mass quantities of 223's I use a product called Brass Butter that is a spray on but you must tumble afterward.