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Re: Boiling traps [Re: 3togo] #6252056 06/01/18 10:08 PM 06/01/18 10:08 PM
Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 657 Colorado B bacatrapper trapper
bacatrapper trapper B Joined: Feb 2018 Posts: 657 Colorado	A hot water power wash will do it.............you boys are slow arent you. thread killa

Re: Boiling traps [Re: 3togo] #6252060 06/01/18 10:16 PM 06/01/18 10:16 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,830 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,830 Wisconsin	Well I've never seen where there Is enough Hot water going through a power washer to remove wax off a trap maybe It works for you. The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: Boiling traps [Re: 3togo] #6252065 06/01/18 10:22 PM 06/01/18 10:22 PM
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 5,445 Southern Michigan T trappergbus trapper
trappergbus trapper T Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 5,445 Southern Michigan	I used a dishwasher ounce had to get a new one but it sure worked LOl. My wife was quite impressed.. Common sense catches alot of fur.. Pay homage to all you harvest..

Re: Boiling traps [Re: trappergbus] #6252209 06/02/18 05:57 AM 06/02/18 05:57 AM
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 9,132 SWMo. T tjm trapper
tjm trapper T Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 9,132 SWMo.	Originally Posted By: trappergbus I used a dishwasher ounce had to get a new one but it sure worked LOl. My wife was quite impressed.. I bet! I wonder every time I see the dish washer mentioned as a trap prep, Who cleans the dish washer? Factory oil is probably as hard to get off as wax, but in theory wax could melt and float in domestic hot water depending on the settings of the water heater. Most paraffin melts between 120F & 140F, upper settings on the heater ~140F for safety, skin scalds ~130+. The floor wax stuff is I think some acrylic resin/polymer- finish rather than 'wax', and may require chemical and mechanical help to remove.

Re: Boiling traps [Re: 3togo] #6257449 06/10/18 02:32 PM 06/10/18 02:32 PM
Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 1,707 Henry Co, IL 3 3togo OP trapper
3togo OP trapper 3 Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 1,707 Henry Co, IL	I just tried the Super Clean yesterday on 100 foot of brand new greasy, slippery #2 chain. Chain in tub, about half gallon of cleaner, 2 qts warm water from hose. Let it sit about 30 minutes (no other heat). Move it around some with a piece of rebar, took out and rinsed. Completely clean.

Re: Boiling traps [Re: 3togo] #6257466 06/10/18 03:15 PM 06/10/18 03:15 PM
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PAskinner trapper P Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 4,497 PA	You don't have to use lye or cleaners on traps that have already been treated before. Just boil in something with tannic acid (Walnut hulls or sumac berries work well) and wax them. With new traps, you want to clean them up with some kind of degreasing soap. Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.

Re: Boiling traps [Re: 3togo] #6257716 06/11/18 03:32 AM 06/11/18 03:32 AM
Joined: Mar 2016 Posts: 2,162 N.E. Nebr L LDW trapper
LDW trapper L Joined: Mar 2016 Posts: 2,162 N.E. Nebr	To remove oil from new traps, I put them in a heavy duty trash bag. Spray a can of oven degreaser in bag and seal up good. I leave them soak for a couple of hours. Just take them out of bag and rinse with garden hose

Re: Boiling traps [Re: 3togo] #6257830 06/11/18 09:28 AM 06/11/18 09:28 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,830 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,830 Wisconsin	Then let them rust so the dye will stick to them. The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: Boiling traps [Re: 3togo] #6257887 06/11/18 11:22 AM 06/11/18 11:22 AM
Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 104 OZARKS OF MISSOURI Dent Cnty Traper trapper
Dent Cnty Traper trapper Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 104 OZARKS OF MISSOURI	Have you tried Oxyclean ?? It cleaned my traps really quickly and also removed the wax. I did simmer them though.. It's everywhere and did a good job for me.

Re: Boiling traps [Re: 3togo] #6259040 06/13/18 09:18 AM 06/13/18 09:18 AM
Joined: May 2011 Posts: 483 Huntingburg, In. N No.4 trapper
No.4 trapper N Joined: May 2011 Posts: 483 Huntingburg, In.	Lye

Re: Boiling traps [Re: tjm] #7059307 11/22/20 09:35 PM 11/22/20 09:35 PM
Joined: Oct 2019 Posts: 1,363 Custer Co, Idaho S sneaky trapper
sneaky trapper S Joined: Oct 2019 Posts: 1,363 Custer Co, Idaho	Originally Posted by tjm Originally Posted by trappergbus I used a dishwasher ounce had to get a new one but it sure worked LOl. My wife was quite impressed.. I bet! I wonder every time I see the dish washer mentioned as a trap prep, Who cleans the dish washer? Factory oil is probably as hard to get off as wax, but in theory wax could melt and float in domestic hot water depending on the settings of the water heater. Most paraffin melts between 120F & 140F, upper settings on the heater ~140F for safety, skin scalds ~130+. The floor wax stuff is I think some acrylic resin/polymer- finish rather than 'wax', and may require chemical and mechanical help to remove. If you run another cycle with a couple of packets of sugar free lemonade mix in the detergent dispenser it cleans any rust out of the dishwasher left over from washing the traps Sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand

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