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Offline Dagalee

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I need to remove lube from bullets
« on: January 01, 2013, 03:58:31 AM »
I've got several hundred commercial cbs that were in
a tornado. The boxes were ripped open and dumped out
in the dirt and mud. They have the normal looking
commercial blue hard lube.
The problem is that now most have dirt imbedded in the lube.
I'd like to heat them in the oven to melt off the lube
and dirt then relube
How high a temp can I go without hurting the lead ?
They are all plain based. I've got 250gr 45 Colt ,
230gr 45ACP , and 160gr 30-30.
I've cleaned out an old sizer in the oven and just kept
bumping up the temp till the lube ran out.
But I'm not sure how high I'll have to go to get the
lube to run out of the grooves.
Any suggestions ?
Thanks
Dagalee
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Offline Dee

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Re: I need to remove lube from bullets
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2013, 07:32:42 AM »
Have you thought about goin to WalMart and buyin a cheap gallon of laquer thinner, and just puttin'em in a can of that? Won't take long, and the bullets will not be affected at all.
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Re: I need to remove lube from bullets
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2013, 07:36:12 AM »
Few if any lead alloys will melt below 400 degrees.
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Re: I need to remove lube from bullets
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2013, 07:39:11 AM »
Never heard that one.
I like that idea !
Thanks. I'll give it a try.
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Re: I need to remove lube from bullets
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2013, 07:56:36 AM »
Put them in a pan of boiling water, when the lube melts off set the pan aside to cool, take the lube cookie off the top of the pan, dump your bullets out to dry.
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Re: I need to remove lube from bullets
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2013, 08:22:44 AM »
I purchaded 500 bullets with some black goo in the lube grooves, may have been bullet lube, but it didn't work very well. I put a couple layers of paper towel in a pan and set the bullets base down on the towel. 200 degrees for mebbe 15 minutes in my toaster oven did the job. No, the paper didn't ignite and cleanup was easy, just toss the paper towels. I prefer this to a solvent dunk/soak...
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Re: I need to remove lube from bullets
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2013, 10:58:46 AM »
Quote from: Ranch13 on January 01, 2013, 07:56:36 AM
Put them in a pan of boiling water, when the lube melts off set the pan aside to cool, take the lube cookie off the top of the pan, dump your bullets out to dry.

+1 , I've done this many times when changing lubes in my Lyman 450,s , just get it hot enough to boil the lube out and then let cool , the cookie comes off with no problems and the water is still warm enough that the sizer dries with no rusting at all .
 
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Re: I need to remove lube from bullets
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2013, 01:12:10 PM »
Thanks y'all
Wife will be at work tomorrow - good time to borrow
the kitchen.
Will prolly wipe down with solvent to be sure and
remove all the grit.
Dagalee
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