Rusty dies

[AABEN]

I have used Lee dies all my life and never had that happen. It could be that you have an some salt coming from your body. My body puts out a lot of oil.

 

[gwpercle]

Good old fashioned Johnson's Paste Wax will work also, another non-contaminating lube for the inside of dies (and bullet moulds for that matter) is Liquid Wrench Dry Lube.
When used on bullet moulds it does not contaminate the cavities and cause wrinkles and thecast bullets jump right out of the cavities. It's good stuff!

 

[mgmorden]

My advice honestly, which is what I did before I got a climate controlled reloading room: keep your dies inside. When you to go reload take that set out to the bench and bring it back in when your'e done.

I had several sets of dies rust pretty bad when stored outside in the shed, but inside away from the heat/cold they have lasted years without issue.

 

[Blue68f100]

If you have one of the vacuum food sealer you could seal them up in bags with a little desiccant pouch.

 

[JonB]

I have Lee dies and yes they can rust. So I put a desiccant pack in each die box and when done using them I give them a squirt of RemOil. The RemOil evapotates, but I haven't had any issues with rust since doing it this way.

 

[fouled bore]

I am really concerned with whatever I put on them to protect them that it does not contaminate the powder or primers if it comes on contact with it. Thanks for everyone's input.

 

[KansasSasquatch]

Hornady One Shot DRY LUBE, not their case lube. It works pretty good for cleaning gunk out of dies and works great at protecting them. When I'm done with a die set I give each die a quick spray and wipe it down with a cotton rag, then place it in it's box being careful not to touch it with anything besides the rag. After wiping each die, give them all a good spray. It dries and leaves a film on the.dies that won't contaminate powder. I used to get some surface rust on my dies until I started using this method.

Not knocking anyone but I save the WD-40 for what it's supposed to be used as, penetrating oil, not rust preventor.