There's a joke in here somewhere.
Eh, just clean first, lube, size, wipe off with paper towels, then continue with the remainder of the process.
No need to deal with fiddling around with tumbling for a second time just to remove case lube.
I am designing and setting up my process now, so this goes right along with your thread. I think I will: quick wash in the wet tumbler and dry, use a universal decap die, then wet tumble with pins and dry, then I will lube/resize, then trim/chamfer/debur, and finally a tumble in the vibratory tumbler. Seems like a lot, but it goes pretty quickly with a brass dryer and a Giraud.
I went a bit light on lube and have already had 2 stuck rifle cases! It isn't fun. I had one in both 458 and 223. I use Hornady One Shot, but now I am using it a bit more heavily and making sure the cases feel sorta oily before sizing. I have always used lube even for pistol because it makes the press run a lot smoother and it doesn't take a lot. Supposedly the advantage to the One Shot formula is that it doesn't cause other problems, which would be the reason other lubes may need removed prior to loading. Right guys?
I am designing and setting up my process now, so this goes right along with your thread. I think I will: quick wash in the wet tumbler and dry, use a universal decap die, then wet tumble with pins and dry, then I will lube/resize, then trim/chamfer/debur, and finally a tumble in the vibratory tumbler. Seems like a lot, but it goes pretty quickly with a brass dryer and a Giraud.
I went a bit light on lube and have already had 2 stuck rifle cases! It isn't fun. I had one in both 458 and 223. I use Hornady One Shot, but now I am using it a bit more heavily and making sure the cases feel sorta oily before sizing. I have always used lube even for pistol because it makes the press run a lot smoother and it doesn't take a lot. Supposedly the advantage to the One Shot formula is that it doesn't cause other problems, which would be the reason other lubes may need removed prior to loading. Right guys?
Third, we also all know how easy it is to throw cases in a vibratory tumbler. I thought I would do that as a simple way to remove the One Shot. ????