taking care of old traps.
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Hey guys and gals. Just have a few questions abt taking care of collector traps. I have some in new condition. I wanna keep that way. Also have some with rust and some dyed. The question i have is will dyeing old rusty traps hurt value?. Thanks for any help?
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Re: taking care of old traps.
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Thanks.. How do you remove the dye. Also got traps in great Condition but they are dyed does that hurt value.?
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Re: taking care of old traps.
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In my opinion, old traps should be left with just their regular trap rust. I dont think they should be dyed. Having said that, IF you absolutely want to put some sort of coating on them, ordinary logwood trap dye would be a much better choice than dipping them. My experience is that trap dye is fairly easy to remove. Removing dip is a pain in the butt.
As far as your new traps go, just leave them the way they are. No need for any coatings. I've got factory new traps that are 40 plus years old and they still look factory new. You will want to keep them in a dry area and not in a barn or a damp basement. I gotta ask. How do you remove logwood dye?
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I will take pics tomorrow. They are in great shape just dyed. One is triumph and the other a Gibbs.
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Thanks why do i have problems uplOading pics from my phone? The trap a number 1. What are three holes for. Actually there are four holes. Something a trapper did or factory. ?
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I have another one but bigger with the same jaws
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Thanks wiss miss that's what i needed to know
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