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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DRC458" data-source="post: 3259357" data-attributes="member: 530">No lube required with carbide dies.  Otherwise, you need some lube.  I generally clean before re-sizing, as Reloading Rod said, to prevent damage to the size die.  I don't always clean.  Much of my shooting is bolt guns, and the brass commonly goes right back into a plastic case.  They get wiped down and loaded.  If I pick it up off the ground, or the floor of the range, it gets some cleaning.  Depending on the situation, that might just mean firing up the air compressor and blowing them off!  Or, it might mean running them through the ultrasonic and/or tumbling.</blockquote>