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Re: Waxed dirt ratio ?
[Re: kyron4]
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09/22/19 05:32 AM
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3:1 for me lighter sandy soil
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Re: Waxed dirt ratio ?
[Re: kyron4]
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09/22/19 05:46 AM
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I made mine based on volume not weight. I got ratios off of previous posts on here. Jim
Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
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Re: Waxed dirt ratio ?
[Re: kyron4]
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09/22/19 09:39 AM
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Go by the soil really if it gets over moist with wax you just add more dry dirt until its the way you want it. I'm looking to add coal shale to mine as dry dirt will be hard to find this year with the flooding.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
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Re: Waxed dirt ratio ?
[Re: SkyeDancer]
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09/22/19 09:46 AM
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2.5 lbs per 5 gallons of dirt/sand X2
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Re: Waxed dirt ratio ?
[Re: kyron4]
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09/22/19 10:01 AM
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2:1 of sandy dirt to wax -- the same ratio as SkyeDancer and Flipper. If you're using that good Midwest top soil, I'd recommend adding some sand to it. Flake wax is expensive.
"...in a very few days we succeeded in taking over one hundred beaver, the skins of which were worth ten dollars per pound." Jim Beckwourth (1856)
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Re: Waxed dirt ratio ?
[Re: kyron4]
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09/23/19 09:20 AM
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instead of buying the flake wax has anyone melted down blocks of parafin and used that in the same ratios?
Ryan
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Re: Waxed dirt ratio ?
[Re: jabNE]
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09/23/19 05:55 PM
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I made mine based on volume not weight. I got ratios off of previous posts on here.
Jim So what were the ratios? just
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