Cleaning Dies

[s.stimson]

Was thinking earlier, does anyone strip and clean their dies to remove potential build up's of wax, dirt etc? if so how do you clean, ultra sonic?

[SandyB]

Was thinking earlier, does anyone strip and clean their dies to remove potential build up's of wax, dirt etc? if so how do you clean, ultra sonic?

Yes, I do occasionally. I use a cotton bud / q-tip with mentholated spirit and swab the inside of the dies. The lube of the brass soon re-lubricates the inside of the die body.

[dannywayoflife]

Yes I strip and clean occasionally. I use cotton buds and break cleaner spray

[DesG]

If you're using a tumble lube like alox etc, the bullet seating die gets filled up eventually. I had to keep adjusting the seating depth on my progressive press on my .38/357s for quite a while till I stripped it and found nearly half an inch of crud in there!

[Simon_S]

Sounds like good idea just give it a wipe over after with the silicon cloth to stop it rusting

[Rifleman]

Yes , a cottonbud swab out with k9 from time to time , as the 44 seater does pick up bits of lead after a few hundred passes

[Treebone]

Brake and Clutch cleaner is your friend,

TB

[grim_reaper]

I mostly use meths and cotton swabs or pipe cleaners and clean before each use.

I also lube my dies before I put them to bed, especially ones that only get used occasionally like calibres for deer I may only load batch a year with.

[old_n07]

Same here, occasional clean with either carb cleaner or brake and clutch cleaner

[old_n07]

I'll clean mine occasionally with carb cleaner \ IPA - and that's not India Pale Ale either