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Degreasing and Waxing Traps #6655957
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I ordered a dozen new traps and wanted to know the best way to degrease them and should i wax them after they get dyed?? i know the wax could make the traps a little quicker but does it really effect it that much?

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Re: Degreasing and Waxing Traps [Re: trapper314] #6655993
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It might not be the best way but it’s the fastest way I know, I use easy off oven cleaner to degrease them. Spray it on leave it set 5 minutes then spray them off with a water hose


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Re: Degreasing and Waxing Traps [Re: trapper314] #6656111
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Degrease in dishwasher and wax. A new trap with no rust will not take she anyway. The wax is not for speed, it's to protect your trap.


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Re: Degreasing and Waxing Traps [Re: trapper314] #6656144
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Stick them in the dishwasher with no soap. They will come out degreased. Then adjust them how you want and go set them. In a few weeks when they are good and rusty you can pull them and dye and wax. They have to be rusty to take dye like strike said. Wax will speed you trap up but its primary function is to protect your trap, they will function fine with no wax for now.


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Re: Degreasing and Waxing Traps [Re: trapper314] #6656198
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Re: Degreasing and Waxing Traps [Re: trapper314] #6656209
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Would pressure washing then work?

Re: Degreasing and Waxing Traps [Re: trapper314] #6656366
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Originally Posted by trapper314
Would pressure washing then work?


of course, that's what I do, AFTER spraying with Greased LIghtning or Purple or Green spray cleaners, twice a day, flipping tween sprays...for 2-3 days, THEN take to car wash for major rinse.
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I don't waste time/money dyeing anymore, just wax after cleaning.


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Re: Degreasing and Waxing Traps [Re: traprjohn] #6656467
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Thanks i appreciate it and yeah i just made this account the other day still trying to figure it all out!

Re: Degreasing and Waxing Traps [Re: strike2x] #6656851
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Originally Posted by strike2x
Degrease in dishwasher and wax. A new trap with no rust will not take she anyway. The wax is not for speed, it's to protect your trap.

Wax is partly for speed.

Re: Degreasing and Waxing Traps [Re: trapper314] #6656852
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Originally Posted by trapper314
Would pressure washing then work?

Pressure washing is a good 1st step but pressure washing alone won't suffice. All one has to do to test this is to powerwash them and then boil them. You will see oil come off when boiling. I use a home powerwasher though, with no soap (it just happens to be what I have).

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Re: Degreasing and Waxing Traps [Re: AJE] #6656929
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Originally Posted by AJE
Originally Posted by strike2x
Degrease in dishwasher and wax. A new trap with no rust will not take she anyway. The wax is not for speed, it's to protect your trap.

Wax is partly for speed.

Ok maybe a little since it is a lubricant but with good traps speed should not be an issue. Let them rust up because you don't wax then you will be buying new traps or using rusty junk traps.


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Re: Degreasing and Waxing Traps [Re: trapper314] #6656982
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power wash with hot soapy water, then power wash with hot water. It does work. ...at the the car wash.

Re: Degreasing and Waxing Traps [Re: trapper314] #6656985
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How critical is it to even degrease new traps before setting? Obviously, we don't have the nose of a canine, but it seems to me that machine grease is nearly odorless and as long as the animal is not focused on sniffing your trap bed, it shouldn't matter. But I haven't really tried to see how it works either.

Re: Degreasing and Waxing Traps [Re: trapper314] #6657010
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I heard one of the pro trappers - can't think of his name right now but it's the guy who hawks Full Metal Jacket trap dop - say that when you get new traps - just go set them. Next season you can treat them however you want - dye and wax, paint, full metal jacket... whatever you plan to do.

Personally, I take my new traps and wash them in the dishwasher. Then boil in dye and follow that with wax - just like I would an older trap. The dye never takes very much on a new trap though. Mostly they are just getting boiled. I don't think all that is really needed. I mostly just want to be sure my new traps have wax on them before I set them in the ground because I want them protected from rust as much as possible. And I don't want to get machine oil in my wax pot.

Anyways... I wouldn't worry about it too much. Just try to keep them from getting rusty. That's the main thing.


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Re: Degreasing and Waxing Traps [Re: trapper314] #6657016
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To sum it up... If you degrease them, I think you should wax them to keep them from getting rusty. But you don't necessarily need to degrease them.

Dye won't do much for a new trap


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