Kiwi Mink Oil Polish as Case Lube

I've read several places that the Mink Oil Polish is great for using as case lube and it's a lot like Imperial Wax.

How do most people apply the Mink Oil Polish? Q-tip, cotton ball or other means? And do you just apply a nice light coating?

I've been using Hornady One Shot to date.

Just buy a tin of Imperial Sizing Wax and be done with it!

I use Mink Oil when I ran out of One Shot.
I just lightly coat the tip of my fingers well and pick up a case and apply it.
I do this with .308 and 30-06 brass.

Use your fingertips, just like Imperial. (you can also use castor oil on a lube pad or with your fingers) I use mink oil to lube .30-06 cases. I've switched to Dillon Spray Lube for .223's because it's faster.

Both are very similar as to content. Main ingredient in both is lanolin.

Mink Oil may be much easier to find as every WalMart carries it.

Wipe a little on your finger and thumb and wipe the case, not a glob, just a wipe.

Fingers! I lived in an area where reloading supplies were obtained by online ordering only. So, I looked for stuff that worked that was available just about anywhere and found Mink Oil Boot Dressing. Worked as good as or better than stuff I had to buy online, pay shipping, and wait. I dip a finger in the dressing, pick up a case, work the case around in my fingers a bit and size. I've also put a bit in a butter tub and sloshed around some brass to get an even light coat. Works on bullets too (yesterday I sized/installed gaschecks on 100 .44 cast bullets lubed w/mink oil...).

Those new to Imperial/Mink Oil (and Hornady's "Unique") often make it too difficult, I've even read of some using them on a "lube" pad as if it were a messy oil! Both of those are waxes and it needs to be applied like auto wax; a very thin coat with complete coverage is the goal. That makes finger application very simple and, with just a little practice, very fast!

I keep the open lube container beside my press and softly touch the surface with thumb and two fingers before picking up a case for sizing. A second or so then easily allows me time to spread a full coat of wax on each case as I place it in the shell holder; I normally only need to re-touch the lube after 2 - 4 cases, depending on size. Total lube + sizing time is very little more than it would be if I didn't lube at all! And 'clean-up' amounts to wiping my fingers with a paper towel dampened with a spritz of "Windex".

I use Mink Oil for resizing 357 cases. Rolling 6-10 cases between my 2 fingers and thumb before rubbing my fingers over the Mink Oil makes sizing a lot easier, even with a carbide die.

Do you also put it on the inside of the case neck?

I never put Mink Oil inside the case neck when I sized 308 or 30-06.
No problems there again. i don't know about different calibers...

I put a small amount of Imperial wax on my palms, rub my hands together, grab 5 or 6 cases and roll them between my hands.

Works great for me, anyway. Doesn't take much.

I use Hornday's unique for all my .223 re-sizing. I liberally apply it to one case and then run 3 or 4 more without any, then another lube case and so on. I have not had any stuck cases this way and it is a bit faster than lubing each one with it. As for lubing the necks, I have a carbide sizing button to eliminate the need to lube the neck.