Press maintenance/care

What do you guys/gals do as far as maintenance/care to your single stage presses ?

not really a lot to maintain. What I do is take some of my gun oil and just wipe down the ram and pins so they dont rust up

yea me to

Wipe down the RCBS with a very light oil hornady AP grease the fitting once in awhile

When not in use I cover it with a plastic bag to keep the sawdust off since there is a table saw near it.

Pretty much keep the ram wiped down and lubed/oil. All the pivot joints I keep lubed and any steel, I keep oiled to prevent rust, just a light coat.

Sometimes, not all media gets out of flash hole, so I have to keep an eye on that and keep the ram clear.

Other than that, not much... Hoping the wife will someday soon decide to break down and monograms me some nice press covers....

I pray my T-Mag down with WD40. The ram is mostly what I hit pretty hard. Hose that sucker down.

Man I must be the extreme anal type. I disassemble them about once a month and wipe them down with transmission fluid, then I lube all moving areas with a 14% moly grease. 6 presses and they are all still going strong, a few are showing rust but they were storage for years and I forgot about them.

badjeep02 wrote:I pray my T-Mag down with WD40. The ram is mostly what I hit pretty hard. Hose that sucker down.

Trying to exercise the press demons??

brush it off and wipe it down with a rag...very light coat of oil on the ram and linkage pivots. too much lube causes excessive dust and debri collection. I keep mine as dry as possible.

RemMan700 wrote:

badjeep02 wrote:I pray my T-Mag down with WD40. The ram is mostly what I hit pretty hard. Hose that sucker down.

Trying to exercise the press demons??

The lord works in mysterious ways!!! Never under estimate him....

Thanks to all of you !!!

I was told to use motor oil. Never have, but that is what I was told to use.

I lube my ram with ATG swage lube. Makes the hands soft too. LOL

Lol I guess my mind was in the right place when I replied to that, pray without ceasing - especially for that dirty press.

badjeep02 wrote:I pray my T-Mag down with WD40. The ram is mostly what I hit pretty hard. Hose that sucker down.

Jeep not to criticize because to each his own, but an FYI for those that might not know, WD40 might not be the best idea since it can kill your primers and contaminate your powder. Most lubes probably will though too, but most reloading manuals specifically say that if you have some primers you want to "kill" spray/soak em in WD40.