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Posted: 4/5/2017 3:06:54 PM EDT
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Brand is not important, just has to be liquid.
99% alcohol better than 90%. 12 to 1. |
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Posted: 4/5/2017 3:07:51 PM EDT
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That was quick. Thank you sir.
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Posted: 4/5/2017 3:09:42 PM EDT
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You need liquid lanolin. Its a golden colored liquid at room temp.
Might as well pick up the red Iso Heat while you are there :) |
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Posted: 4/5/2017 3:10:57 PM EDT
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It looks like my two choices are:
A. Lansinoh HPA Lanolin Or B. Medela tender care lanolin EDIT: they both come in tubes, so I am assuming they are both gels |
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Posted: 4/5/2017 3:13:35 PM EDT
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You need liquid lanolin. Its a golden colored liquid at room temp. Might as well pick up the red Iso Heat while you are there :) |
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Posted: 4/5/2017 3:15:29 PM EDT
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It looks like my two choices are: A. Lansinoh HPA Lanolin Or B. Medela tender care lanolin EDIT: they both come in tubes, so I am assuming they are both gels ISO Heat is a fuel treatment for cars, make sure you get the red bottle, not the yellow. It is something like 98% alcohol, because 99% can be hard to find in stores. ETA: You want something like this, 100% pure lanolin.  Attached File |
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Posted: 4/5/2017 3:16:05 PM EDT
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I bought mine at a health food store. Bottle says Lanolin.
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Posted: 4/5/2017 3:18:18 PM EDT
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Okay....thank you gents!
I will have to look elsewhere then. 
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Posted: 4/5/2017 3:50:14 PM EDT
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What is this red iso heat? 
Its 99% iso alcohol thats easy to find just about anywhere. And its in a handy 12oz bottle. So 1 12oz bottle of IsoHeat and 1 once of lanolin oil for a 12 to 1 mix for caselube And this is what I buy from Amazon for oil 
Liquid Lanolin |
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Posted: 4/5/2017 6:23:57 PM EDT
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https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/aplusautomation/vendorimages/32a5c888-bf82-4298-a3e8-ec22029c47b6.jpg._CB328474561_.jpg Its 99% iso alcohol thats easy to find just about anywhere. And its in a handy 12oz bottle. So 1 12oz bottle of IsoHeat and 1 once of lanolin oil for a 12 to 1 mix for caselube And this is what I buy from Amazon for oil https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71BxYJYFXrL._SY679_.jpg Liquid Lanolin Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What is this red iso heat? Its 99% iso alcohol thats easy to find just about anywhere. And its in a handy 12oz bottle. So 1 12oz bottle of IsoHeat and 1 once of lanolin oil for a 12 to 1 mix for caselube And this is what I buy from Amazon for oil https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71BxYJYFXrL._SY679_.jpg Liquid Lanolin |
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Posted: 4/5/2017 6:46:53 PM EDT
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https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/240418/1626f759-0298-418b-9cb3-454018340b45-1-181568.JPG
This is the exact kind I buy from Amazon. I get the 99% isopropyl from Amazon as well. It may have been the mix ratio but I found the Swan brand isopropyl alcohol to work better than the isoheet fuel dryer. I mixed it 12:1 in both batches but for whatever reason the isoheet didn't seem as smooth. FWIW I use the gallon zip lock shake and bake method of application and then put them in a big SS mixing bowl lined with newspaper. |
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Posted: 4/5/2017 6:47:24 PM EDT
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I use the RCBS case lube, which can be washed off the cases with water. Doing so also removes traces of dust and so forth. Size lubed cases, Submerge cases in water and/or agitate under rapidly flowing water, then put the cases in the rotary case tumbler to remove most of the water. Spread out cases on a flat surface to dry overnight. Inspect cases to ensure all water has evaporated before proceeding with next step in the reloading process.
IIRC the lanolin case lube works very well and is inexpensive, but requires solvents to remove. The cost of the solvents alters the equation. |
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Posted: 4/5/2017 8:07:45 PM EDT
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I use the RCBS case lube, which can be washed off the cases with water. Doing so also removes traces of dust and so forth. Size lubed cases, Submerge cases in water and/or agitate under rapidly flowing water, then put the cases in the rotary case tumbler to remove most of the water. Spread out cases on a flat surface to dry overnight. Inspect cases to ensure all water has evaporated before proceeding with next step in the reloading process. IIRC the lanolin case lube works very well and is inexpensive, but requires solvents to remove. The cost of the solvents alters the equation. |
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Posted: 4/5/2017 8:12:34 PM EDT
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IIRC the lanolin case lube works very well and is inexpensive, but requires solvents to remove. The cost of the solvents alters the equation. |
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Posted: 4/5/2017 8:29:54 PM EDT
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The walnut media that is used to remove case lube is contaminated by the process, and eventually has to be changed-out lest the contamination become too great.
My method does not contaminate the media, and uses cheap water as a solvent. |
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Posted: 4/5/2017 9:10:19 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/5/2017 9:21:34 PM EDT
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Wait Wait Wait
You can get Lanolin at Walmart??????? Is this true??? |
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Posted: 4/5/2017 9:29:17 PM EDT
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Wait Wait Wait You can get Lanolin at Walmart??????? Is this true??? |
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Posted: 4/5/2017 9:30:39 PM EDT
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Rubbing alcohol is isopropyl alcohol. What you want is ethyl alcohol. Denatured alcohol is ethyl alcohol with a few percent of methyl alcohol. It is readily available at any hardware store. |
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Posted: 4/5/2017 9:46:11 PM EDT
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Rubbing alcohol is isopropyl alcohol. What you want is ethyl alcohol. Denatured alcohol is ethyl alcohol with a few percent of methyl alcohol. It is readily available at any hardware store. Isopropyl alcohol, the purer the better, is what you want; ethyl alcohol does not dissolve the lanolin as readily and denatured is worse yet. I use anyhydrous lanolin fixed oil (a paste, rather than liquid) and dissolve it in 99% IPA (that I got from a compounding pharmacy in North Pole, AK). |
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Posted: 4/5/2017 10:39:16 PM EDT
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It's past time to link the thread being discussed, https://www.ar15.com/forums/t_6_42/305174_Case_Lube_for_cheap_bastards.html&light=case%7Clube%7Ccheap%7Cbastards
Raf, a lot of us including me tumble off the Lanolin with plain corn cob. I don't use the corn cob for anything else. |
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Posted: 4/5/2017 11:58:20 PM EDT
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... Raf, a lot of us including me tumble off the Lanolin with plain corn cob. ... Tumbling in plain corn cob works very well to remove the lanolin. Takes 15 minutes or less. |
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Posted: 4/6/2017 1:22:25 AM EDT
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Funny, when you click your lanolin link Amazon shows frequently bought together being Swan Isopropyl Alcohol, 99%. 
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Posted: 4/6/2017 2:02:46 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/6/2017 6:15:39 AM EDT
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I'll go check but am fairly certain Dillon Case Lube uses ethyl alcohol as the solvent for the lanolin. I do agree about the anhydrous lanolin. Isopropyl alcohol is what is used in Dillon Case Lube. I clean mine off by wet tumbling in plain old soap and water with stainless steel pins. |
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Posted: 4/6/2017 7:02:38 AM EDT
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Lanolin? Lanolin? Like Sheeps wool?
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Posted: 4/6/2017 7:18:49 AM EDT
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Brand is not important, just has to be liquid. 99% alcohol better than 90%. 12 to 1. 12 to 1 is a bit thick and feels sticky. |
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Posted: 4/6/2017 9:14:19 AM EDT
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I just do a short tumble, comes right off for me. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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IIRC the lanolin case lube works very well and is inexpensive, but requires solvents to remove. The cost of the solvents alters the equation. 
My order is decap, cut crimps (if needed), lube, size, trim, tumble so its really no extra steps. |
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Posted: 4/6/2017 11:25:22 AM EDT
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Funny, when you click your lanolin link Amazon shows frequently bought together being Swan Isopropyl Alcohol, 99%. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What is this red iso heat? Its 99% iso alcohol thats easy to find just about anywhere. And its in a handy 12oz bottle. So 1 12oz bottle of IsoHeat and 1 once of lanolin oil for a 12 to 1 mix for caselube And this is what I buy from Amazon for oil https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71BxYJYFXrL._SY679_.jpg Liquid Lanolin |
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Posted: 4/6/2017 1:30:54 PM EDT
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I use that liquid lanolin with 99% swan alcohol and it works good for me. But I like the mix a little thinner at 16-1 or I'm now using 20-1 mixture. Clean up rifle brass in corn cob media for about 30 minutes does nicely. When I do pistol calibers on my 550, I spray a folded shop towel with a generous amount of my mixture, then as I feed the 550 brass, I rub each one on the shop towel. This puts just enough lube on to make sizing very easy. I sometimes tumble the loaded rounds in corn cob media, or lately I just shoot them as is. There isn't enough lanolin left to cause problems. Of course, each needs to find what works for you. |
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Posted: 4/6/2017 1:45:53 PM EDT
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Thats just winning |
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Posted: 4/6/2017 2:57:08 PM EDT
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No it's not ethyl alcohol. Isopropyl alcohol is what is used in Dillon Case Lube. I clean mine off by wet tumbling in plain old soap and water with stainless steel pins. I deleted my erroneous posts. |
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Posted: 4/6/2017 3:14:10 PM EDT
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It also makes a great hand sanitizer moisturizer.
Wife wants to mix some up just for that. |
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Posted: 4/6/2017 7:42:22 PM EDT
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It also makes a great hand sanitizer moisturizer.
Wife wants to mix some up just for that. I have been buying my 99% in gallon form at a local General Store. It's near the horse stuff. No idea why horses need 99%. Maybe to get their engines going too. 
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Posted: 4/7/2017 6:55:50 PM EDT
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It also makes a great hand sanitizer moisturizer.
Wife wants to mix some up just for that. |
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Posted: 4/10/2017 9:52:35 AM EDT
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I wouldn't put 99% alcohol on skin. Read the warnings on the Iso heet. Of course I don't think Iso heet is pure either....mine is brown in color not clear like rubbing alcohol from the drug store. |
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Posted: 4/13/2017 9:25:13 PM EDT
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I was able to find the liquid lanolin locally at a Fresh Thyme Farmer's Market grocery store.
The Iso Heet I got from walmart, along with a chemical resistant clear plastic spray bottle. My Iso Heet did have a tint to it, like very watered down tea. The clear plastic spray bottle has graduations on the side, so I dumped in the whole 12 ounce bottle of Iso Heet. Then I poured in just one ounce of the liquid lanolin. I had a couple of empty cases handy by the kitchen sink, so I sprayed my concoction on them. Now, just waiting for the alcohol to flash off. |
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Posted: 4/13/2017 9:29:41 PM EDT
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I think that is going to work.
There is some slipperiness to the cases, but no tackiness. |
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Posted: 4/13/2017 10:00:12 PM EDT
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I wouldn't put 99% alcohol on skin. Read the warnings on the Iso heet. Of course I don't think Iso heet is pure either....mine is brown in color not clear like rubbing alcohol from the drug store. |
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Posted: 4/14/2017 11:16:02 AM EDT
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I looked up the MSDS on Isoheet and nothing really dangerous to report about it except it's flammable. Just kidding....
My guess for right now is that the slightly brown tint for the Isoheet is used just to show that you treated your gasoline and to distinguish it from say....water. I guess the real test will come tonight when I remove the stuck case in my resizing die. |
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Posted: 4/14/2017 9:59:21 PM EDT
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Wellllll....shucks!
Either my RCBS X-sizer small base die has a flaw to it. Or my cases need more lube. Going through my Dillon .223 resizing/decapping die, the brass ran just fine. No stuck cases. I am getting pretty good at drilling and tapping brass rifle cases that got stuck in my -X die. As a side note, with the Dillon die's decapping rod in place, my case neck runout was about 5 thousandths. I pulled the decapping rod out of the Dillon die and my neck runout dropped to 3.5 thou. Then I set some bullets on those same dummy rounds. My runout was about 3 thou. Then I ran those up into a Lee FCD. Runout at the bullet dropped to 2 thou and in one case it went to one thou. I might be tempted to spring for a Lyman M die at some point.
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Posted: 4/14/2017 10:07:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/15/2017 11:57:16 AM EDT
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I don't know if anybody else does this, but after I spray my cases I'll take a old hair dryer and turn it on high then dry the cases. It only takes a few seconds.
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Posted: 4/15/2017 11:34:10 PM EDT
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I mix 12:1, I believe 16:1 would be fine. I'm going to delete my mix. 12:1 is a bit heavy. I have to shake it up quit a bit befor using.
I have found it to be the best lube I've ever used. Glad I found the recipe. I bought alcohol and Lanolin oil on Amazon. |
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Posted: 4/17/2017 10:06:45 PM EDT
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I tried the Lanolin route which worked somewhat alright but not for resizing once fired MG cases. Have tried various 'brands' but the best so far is LEE case sizing lubrication. Small tubes but a little goes a long way and the best I have found .... nothing (almost nothing except maybe a divorce
) worse than getting a stuck case in a re-sizing die.
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Posted: 4/18/2017 10:52:14 PM EDT
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I've always just used Imperial Wax for lube.. any advantage to using this DIY mix?
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Posted: 4/19/2017 8:20:55 AM EDT
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I've always just used Imperial Wax for lube.. any advantage to using this DIY mix? A separate step with Imperial. I use Imperial for case forming, general resizing I use the homemade spray. |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 8:40:16 AM EDT
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I came across this homemade lube when I first started reloading and is all I have ever used. I resized 3K+ rounds of .223 in the last few days and would hate to think how much longer it would have taken having to rub each case with lube. I would take ~200 cases at a time and put them in a Zip-Lock bag. Give 2-3 sprays of lube and mix them around in the bag. Dump them out and go to town resizing. I think 2 sprays would have worked. I mixed it at 16 to 1. Not 1 stuck case.
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Posted: 4/19/2017 9:16:03 AM EDT
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I've always just used Imperial Wax for lube.. any advantage to using this DIY mix? I pour spray lubed cases into my Dillon and each crank spits out a resized/decapped/trimmed/primer pocket swaged piece of brass I don't even touch brass . |
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Posted: 4/19/2017 9:06:02 PM EDT
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with the case lube spray, you can process large amounts of brass on a progressive machine I pour spray lubed cases into my Dillon and each crank spits out a resized/decapped/trimmed/primer pocket swaged piece of brass I don't even touch brass . Ok... You guys convinced me, the hunt for lanolin begins... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I've always just used Imperial Wax for lube.. any advantage to using this DIY mix? I pour spray lubed cases into my Dillon and each crank spits out a resized/decapped/trimmed/primer pocket swaged piece of brass I don't even touch brass . Ok... You guys convinced me, the hunt for lanolin begins... |
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