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Posted: 9/30/2015 10:41:45 PM EDT
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What is everyone using to help with rust on dies ?
I seem to be developing some minor surface rust . |
| My hornady manual says to degrease your new dies then lube with dry lube like quick shot spray. I need to do this as my gear is rusting pretty quick down in the basement. Also getting a second dehumidifier for my reloading room to protect my powders and primers |
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For me the best answer after trying many different products and concoctions was to simply spray with my moonshine version of Dillon DCL.
I spray all dies on my tool heads whether thier in use or on the self, also the dies that are to be stored in thier boxes. I spray all my mill and lathe rustable parts also. No issues. |
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Ever since my first rifle (a Marlin 60) got rust all over it years ago, I have been super anal about keeping everything gun-related oiled/lubricated.
I keep a thin film of Breakfree (or sometimes synthetic motor oil) on most of my reloading equipment to prevent corrosion. My RCBS RC, Dillon XL650, and all my dies look brand new. |
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This is suppose to be a very good rust preventer and drys clean. http://www.hornady.com/store/TAP-One-Shot-Extreme-with-4x-Protection-2-Oz-Pump-999351/ It works under normal room temp/humidity conditions.. Not at all in a non-conditioned room in central tx... I and many others posted threads about dry tumbling reloading die to polish em up. Works great. For real prevention, almost nothing beats WD40. Brownells even has a study on their website for gun rust prevention. If memory serves, WD40 beat them all. Keep it on outer part of dies.. Light coat will do. Wipe off extra. Works great. Keeping things in boxes really helps me. Not sure what the mechanism is there since I am not conditioning inside of box with dessicant or anything. |
| I was born and raised in New Orleans so am no stranger to rust prevention even in a salt water environment. One of the best & easiest ways to protect metals is by using a Birchwood Casey product called BARRICADE, formerly called SHEATH. Academy sells it here. The carrier dries off leaving behind a coating that even resisted a salt water spray test for several days. It is just about perfect for dies, tools, cutters, display items, etc. & it will lift finger prints off the metal before it dries. If you hunt or work in wet conditions, this stuff will protect your metals. And it works very well for long term storage. I used it to protect my weapons/dies/tools stored here in CONUS while I was out in the Pacific. But BARRICADE is not a lubricant so use proper oils/greases where applicable on weapons before use. HTH |
WD-40 is not the best rust inhibitor. I would say it is not even good at preventing rust. Here is an example of WD-40 rust tests I have seen.
GREAT_RUST_OFF LINK Kano Weatherpruf looks really good. 
Rust-Off LINK |
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Apparently the oil on my skin creates the perfect environment for rust.
I heard about Corrosion-X from a Navy guy who swore by it. I love the stuff, its amazing. No more rust on any of my dies or my Wilson case gauges. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003HFTI0S?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00 |
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I live on Florida's East Coast, it sometimes rains salt water, we get an average of 56 to 66 inches of rain a year and humidity is almost always 70% to 100% So I checked to see what the Museums used on their firearms to prevent rust they use a special museum wax that contains Carnauba, so I tried car wax with Carnauba in it It worked great !! Now, I not only use car wax on all my firearm collection but also on my reloading dies and press, and it works !! On the moving parts, I also lube with "Break Free Collector" gun oil, it stays for years . |
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