You cannot reload every single day, and I am sure you as well as I go threw dry spots where we wont be loading for a month or so. How do you store your dies ? hit them with wd-40 ?
storing your dies
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Re: storing your dies
I just wipe them down. We live in a very low humidity environment, so no rust to speak of that I have ever seen.
I run a dry rag through each one if I haven't used a set in a while.
If I lived in a wetter area, Perhaps I would use a very thin film RIG or some such.
I just wipe them down. We live in a very low humidity environment, so no rust to speak of that I have ever seen.
I run a dry rag through each one if I haven't used a set in a while.
If I lived in a wetter area, Perhaps I would use a very thin film RIG or some such.
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I came across an independent test years ago evaluating effectiveness of different rust inhibitors on hand tools. Boeshield's T-9 won. I use it on dies as well as hand tools and it's never given me reason to switch, even when I was living in the tropics.
I came across an independent test years ago evaluating effectiveness of different rust inhibitors on hand tools. Boeshield's T-9 won. I use it on dies as well as hand tools and it's never given me reason to switch, even when I was living in the tropics.
Re: storing your dies
I spray barricade on them before heading out. It kinda gums up sometimes but they are in the garage untouched 3-4 months at a time.
I spray barricade on them before heading out. It kinda gums up sometimes but they are in the garage untouched 3-4 months at a time.
Re: storing your dies
The little cardboard or plastic chips that come in the die box. You know, the ones you threw away?
Well, those were VCI (Volitile Corrosion Inhibitor) chips. Lucky you can get more very cheaply:
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=154282
Toss a new one or two in the die box every 6 months and you are good to go.
(I was told about this by someone who asked me if I threw away the VCI chip and I said "The what?" I thought it was just junk in the box)
I keep a new chip in the box about every 6 months and no problems with rust on my dies and it is VERY humid in SC. I have a ton of trouble with rust on my LE Wilson case gauges and oil those as well as throw VCI chips in the drawer with them. If I get any more rust on those, I am probably going the ziploc bag and VCI chip route.
Hope that helps,
madd0c
The little cardboard or plastic chips that come in the die box. You know, the ones you threw away?
Well, those were VCI (Volitile Corrosion Inhibitor) chips. Lucky you can get more very cheaply:
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=154282
Toss a new one or two in the die box every 6 months and you are good to go.
(I was told about this by someone who asked me if I threw away the VCI chip and I said "The what?" I thought it was just junk in the box)
I keep a new chip in the box about every 6 months and no problems with rust on my dies and it is VERY humid in SC. I have a ton of trouble with rust on my LE Wilson case gauges and oil those as well as throw VCI chips in the drawer with them. If I get any more rust on those, I am probably going the ziploc bag and VCI chip route.
Hope that helps,
madd0c
Re: storing your dies
I am not sure where hankpac lives, but I cant live too far and Ive never seen rust either. I have a couple that Ive never lubed, and they are spotless to this day. Then again, we live in a pretty dry region.
I am not sure where hankpac lives, but I cant live too far and Ive never seen rust either. I have a couple that Ive never lubed, and they are spotless to this day. Then again, we live in a pretty dry region.
Re: storing your dies
I just store them in their original case and keep them in a drawer in my reloading bench. My bench is in the garage and the rest of the equipment is covered with olive drab laundry bags. I live in Wichita falls Texas and it can sometimes get humid and hot(105+)
I just store them in their original case and keep them in a drawer in my reloading bench. My bench is in the garage and the rest of the equipment is covered with olive drab laundry bags. I live in Wichita falls Texas and it can sometimes get humid and hot(105+)
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I own over 100 die sets.
Half of these I got used.
Some of those used dies came with rust.
I can put a hammer in an unheated garage with a wall in common with the heated house, so it keeps the garage 3 degrees above outdoor temperatures. That slightly elevated temperature prevents condensation on small objects and I get no rust in 50 years.
I can put a hammer in an unheated tractor house with no walls in common with other buildings and a dirt floor. The hammer can rust in one night.
Oil has a vapor pressure that causes it to evaporate. A thin coating of thin oil will be gone in a year for sure, maybe in a month.
What does it all mean?
Dies in a heated house, that does not flood, do not need oil.
I own over 100 die sets.
Half of these I got used.
Some of those used dies came with rust.
I can put a hammer in an unheated garage with a wall in common with the heated house, so it keeps the garage 3 degrees above outdoor temperatures. That slightly elevated temperature prevents condensation on small objects and I get no rust in 50 years.
I can put a hammer in an unheated tractor house with no walls in common with other buildings and a dirt floor. The hammer can rust in one night.
Oil has a vapor pressure that causes it to evaporate. A thin coating of thin oil will be gone in a year for sure, maybe in a month.
What does it all mean?
Dies in a heated house, that does not flood, do not need oil.
Re: storing your dies
I spray a little G96 and wipe them down inside and out,then back into there box.
I spray a little G96 and wipe them down inside and out,then back into there box.
Re: storing your dies
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: madd0c</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The little cardboard or plastic chips that come in the die box. You know, the ones you threw away?
Well, those were VCI (Volitile Corrosion Inhibitor) chips. Lucky you can get more very cheaply:
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=154282
Toss a new one or two in the die box every 6 months and you are good to go.
(I was told about this by someone who asked me if I threw away the VCI chip and I said "The what?" I thought it was just junk in the box)
I keep a new chip in the box about every 6 months and no problems with rust on my dies and it is VERY humid in SC. I have a ton of trouble with rust on my LE Wilson case gauges and oil those as well as throw VCI chips in the drawer with them. If I get any more rust on those, I am probably going the ziploc bag and VCI chip route.
Hope that helps,
madd0c </div></div>
This... and Polygun Bag sells plastic sleeves/bags for your firearms or such.. http://www.polygunbag.com/gunbags.html ...
I have found dozens of uses for these bags or a cut up part of them.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: madd0c</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The little cardboard or plastic chips that come in the die box. You know, the ones you threw away?
Well, those were VCI (Volitile Corrosion Inhibitor) chips. Lucky you can get more very cheaply:
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=154282
Toss a new one or two in the die box every 6 months and you are good to go.
(I was told about this by someone who asked me if I threw away the VCI chip and I said "The what?" I thought it was just junk in the box)
I keep a new chip in the box about every 6 months and no problems with rust on my dies and it is VERY humid in SC. I have a ton of trouble with rust on my LE Wilson case gauges and oil those as well as throw VCI chips in the drawer with them. If I get any more rust on those, I am probably going the ziploc bag and VCI chip route.
Hope that helps,
madd0c </div></div>
This... and Polygun Bag sells plastic sleeves/bags for your firearms or such.. http://www.polygunbag.com/gunbags.html ...
I have found dozens of uses for these bags or a cut up part of them.
