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Re: Dye/rust.
[Re: crabtrap]
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01/06/20 01:17 AM
01/06/20 01:17 AM
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Posts: 6,590 NC, Orange Co.
QuietButDeadly
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I had some new traps powder coated and have used them primarily for coyotes about 5 years. They have got chips and bite marks for sure, some worse than others. Overall not terrible but enough to have some rust spots so after about 3 years I started boiling them in walnut hulls to convert the rust. If I am going to need to dye them anyway, I probably will not get anymore powder coated.
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Re: Dye/rust.
[Re: AJE]
#6718389
01/06/20 11:38 AM
01/06/20 11:38 AM
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The Beav
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I really like Duke DP's, but their powder coating wears off quickly. I don't know if Beav does his own powder coating, but I think his powder coating holds better. There must be different types of powder coating. Those DPs that are powder coated are nothing like the traps I have had powder coated. A decent powder coating would make those DPs a lot more expensive then they are. I get a deal because I know some one. But I was told that a #3 sized foot hold would cost about $5.00 per trap. So you can see that those DPs aren't really powder coated.
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Re: Dye/rust.
[Re: crabtrap]
#6718534
01/06/20 03:01 PM
01/06/20 03:01 PM
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QuietButDeadly
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Yep, that price sounds about right. I payed a little less than that for MB 550s, chain and all but that was 5 years ago. I did not know anyone and was just a walk in customer. Think I had about 4 dozen done at one time.
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Re: Dye/rust.
[Re: crabtrap]
#6726448
01/12/20 07:21 PM
01/12/20 07:21 PM
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AJE
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I set my 1st KO Jr Friday. I must say I was impressed. As for the nice coating that it comes with, I wonder what it is & how it holds up. I guess my point is It seems nice how it was all ready to go for a bobcat set. I didn't even degrease it or anything. Not many traps, if any, seem to have that luxury. Maybe they could still be waxed, I don't know, but it appears dipping or dyeing is unnecessary, at least now.
Last edited by AJE; 01/12/20 07:24 PM.
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Re: Dye/rust.
[Re: Gremcat]
#6726697
01/12/20 10:04 PM
01/12/20 10:04 PM
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I’ve had the MB550s not get rusty enough to fully convert in the tannin dye.
I tossed a dozen in some wet leaves and let them set for a month. Never did rust much.
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Re: Dye/rust.
[Re: crabtrap]
#6733529
01/18/20 01:07 AM
01/18/20 01:07 AM
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AJE
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Maybe it's that high quality steel the MBs are made from
Last edited by AJE; 01/18/20 01:08 AM.
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