I use carbide dies for my 38/357's and for 45acp and I put the empty cases in a coffee can and give them a small shot of Hornady one shot case lube and resize deprime them. I then clean the in an ultra sonic cleaner. I know the case lube is not necessary with the carbide dies but they do make it easier to resize. Also I am using a single stage press. As for steel dies I used to have those but switched to carbide dies and they are easier to use.