Re: Boiling traps
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05/20/18 04:59 PM
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Mainline liquid drain cleaner $10 a gallon at Wallmart. It is a blend of sodium and potassium if I remember correctly. Find it with the plumbing stuff. Red Devil pure lye at tru-valu hardware store. The mainline will make fifteen gallons of soultion easy. Must suc living in a place you can't even buy cleaning supplies.
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Re: Boiling traps
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If dish washer detergent works In a dish washer could It be added to boiling water In a barrel when doing traps?
When I do traps In the dish washer they come out clean.
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Re: Boiling traps
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The thing you want to do Is put a hose in the barrel and flush out all the dirty water. All the oil and dirt rises to the top so you don't want to pull your traps up through It.
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Re: Boiling traps
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I have been using super clean degreaser 1 gallon size and mixing it with 10 gallons of water. I bring it to a boil and let the traps sit in it for about 15 to 20 minutes and then pull them out and rinse right away. For waxed traps I do the same, but after 15 to 20 minutes I turn off the heat and let them sit until the wax that didn’t dissolve hardens at the top of the water. I was able to do about 5 dozen #3 and 4 traps before the solution started to look pretty bad. You can pick it up at Walmart for around $9 a gallon. Never tried the Super Clean on traps, but I recently discovered this product. So far I have used it for detailing the truck, cleaning the lawn tractor and the deep fryer, it has been amazing.
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Re: Boiling traps
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New traps get sprayed with Simple Green and hosed off a couple times. Orange Clean, or Citrus Cleaner works great, too. I finish them off with a pressure washer. You can still get Sani Flush at Menards.
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Re: Boiling traps
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Not sure but I think It takes heat to melt wax.
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Re: Boiling traps
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Non polar organic solvents will dissolve wax. Gasoline or vegetable oil? (as preferred by experience)
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Re: Boiling traps
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Gas or vegetable oil will melt or remove wax??
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Re: Boiling traps
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Gas or vegetable oil will melt or remove wax?? I believe they are non polar organic solvents, Beav. Many common solvents like alcohol or acetone aren't non polar. I'll probably keep using hot water, it's worked before.
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Re: Boiling traps
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A hot water power wash will do it.............you boys are slow arent you.
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Re: Boiling traps
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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.
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Re: Boiling traps
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I used a dishwasher ounce had to get a new one but it sure worked LOl. My wife was quite impressed..
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Re: Boiling traps
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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.
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Re: Boiling traps
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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.
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Re: Boiling traps
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Then let them rust so the dye will stick to them.
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Re: Boiling traps
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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
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