Another Rustoleum/Acetone Dip Question
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Just wanting to clarify a few things.
50% Rustoleum Rusty Metal Primer 50% Acetone
1. Correct?
2. Are you able to store leftovers for future use or is the extra wasted?
3. Is this also a good dip to use on DP’s?
I’m just looking to protect my mink and coon traps.
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Re: Rustoleum/Acetone Dip Clarifications
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1. yes, though you can go thicker or thinner . If you have a lot to dip and it's a warm day you may need to keep adding a little acetone as it evaporates. When I mixed it I used 1 quart rusty metal primer, 1 quart flat black, 1 to 2 quarts acetone. This made the color a nice mud brown that blended nicely along the river bank.
2. I never had an luck .
3. yes, though a coon will rub it to bare metal after one catch, about like anything else.
I now use brown Andy Stoes Speed Dip for my conibears and coon traps, I think it holds up much better and keeps from year to year. Just dipped today with a 3 year old mix, I let them hang till season starts in Nov., though they usually are dry in a week or so.
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Re: Rustoleum/Acetone Dip Clarifications
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I did my traps using 1:1 ratio, worked fine. Do it on a hot, dry day. I left them hanging for a few days to make sure the paint is hardened/cured well. I covered them with tarp when rain threatened. I didn't do my DP's, they are Z-Traps, powder coated. I did my water traps, 155's and my Noonan cages, all is still holding up well. The conibears were slick as dip in wax, had to file off some paint and retuned them. I did saved my paint(5 gal. bucket) but haven't needed yet, I'll check it later. Even my cables have been holding up well.
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Re: Rustoleum/Acetone Dip Clarifications
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Thank you guys, I appreciate it.
Rendezvous & Tony, thank you very much for the in depth explanation. I always like first hand, recently obtained, information.
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Re: Rustoleum/Acetone Dip Clarifications
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Thanks Aix, I appreciate it. Was going to try to store it back in the cans that it came in to see if it’d keep. Kind of like paint.
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Re: Rustoleum/Acetone Dip Clarifications
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Thanks Aix, I appreciate it. Was going to try to store it back in the cans that it came in to see if it’d keep. Kind of like paint. Make sure the lid is on tight and store with the cans upside down. Air hardened paint will be on the bottom when you open it next time.
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Re: Rustoleum/Acetone Dip Clarifications
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Make sure the lid is on tight and store with the cans upside down. Air hardened paint will be on the bottom when you open it next time.
That’s a good tip
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Re: Rustoleum/Acetone Dip Clarifications
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Make sure the lid is on tight and store with the cans upside down. Air hardened paint will be on the bottom when you open it next time.
That’s a good tip That is an ingenious tip! Thank you very much
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Re: Rustoleum/Acetone Dip Clarifications
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So I used some 2x4’s that were laying around and put together this contraption so that I could dip and hang my traps. I made it square so that if weather were expected I could throw a tarp over it and not touch the traps.
A couple of questions. I just read an article in Trapper & Predator Caller and the gentleman said to use a paint brush to put it on.
1. Do we actually dip the traps in the dip or do we actually paint it on?
2. I understand that we allow them to hang to dry and cure, do we let them hang longer or do we just put them in something for storage after a few days?
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Re: Rustoleum/Acetone Dip Clarifications
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I am still boiling and dyeing here, and probably waxing if I get my ducks in a row.
I speed dip all water traps.
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Re: Rustoleum/Acetone Dip Clarifications
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I dip and hang under a cover so air gets to them. I put in containers around end of october
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Re: Rustoleum/Acetone Dip Clarifications
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I dip and hang under a cover so air gets to them. I put in containers around end of october So you'll actually allow them to hang for a couple of months to air out? Like I said, I'll cover my gazeebo with a tarp and just let them there.
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Re: Rustoleum/Acetone Dip Clarifications
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I am still boiling and dyeing here, and probably waxing if I get my ducks in a row.
I speed dip all water traps. Les, although I use FMJ on my K9 traps, the traps that I'm dipping are my mink/coon/water traps.
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Re: Rustoleum/Acetone Dip Clarifications
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Thebig1, we have some high humidity here so i hang for several months
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Re: Rustoleum/Acetone Dip Clarifications
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Thebig1, we have some high humidity here so i hang for several months I appreciate that Blak. Now when I hang I won’t worry about when to take them down. Heck, I could leave them there covered with a tarp with the bottom open for air flow until I actually need them.
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Re: Rustoleum/Acetone Dip Clarifications
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Fancy hanging deal. That’ll work well.
I dip mine. Full coverage, and it’s way faster than brushing.
I’ve hung mine outside for months. If it weren’t for theft risks, I’d still have them hanging outside. Thanks Aix. Theft is the reason that I built it. I had several extra 2x4’s laying around and just slapped it together. I’ll tack a tarp on for the roof and let the sides down about half way after about 2 days so they’re not in the weather but can be surrounded by air flow. Thank you for clarifying the process a little more.
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Re: Rustoleum/Acetone Dip Clarifications
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I know I will catch flak here, but I would never put that crap on my coyote traps. I will re phrase that, if you trap in my area, please use it! I did it one year and paid the price. I could snap those traps and smell the paint the next spring! The coyotes could smell it too cause I had the worst catch ratio I have ever had in 44 years of trapping.I sold all of those traps.
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I know I will catch flak here, but I would never put that crap on my coyote traps. I will re phrase that, if you trap in my area, please use it! I did it one year and paid the price. I could snap those traps and smell the paint the next spring! The coyotes could smell it too cause I had the worst catch ratio I have ever had in 44 years of trapping.I sold all of those traps. x2 but I stripped my traps and boiled them hard... and if ya live in Michigan dip away lol...
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Re: Rustoleum/Acetone Dip Clarifications
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My question was for my NON K9 traps. Now yes, I have spray painted my K9 traps and THEN dipped in FMJ.
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Re: Rustoleum/Acetone Dip Clarifications
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I just went ahead and dipped them.
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