Re: Paint colony traps
[Re: coonman220]
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05/13/20 06:17 PM
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I have purchased some from a trap supplier that were coated with Speed Dip. So sticky the door wouldn't fall right. Some elbow grease and gasoline took care of that problem. Rust color works great.
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Re: Paint colony traps
[Re: coonman220]
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05/13/20 08:05 PM
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Use some brown speed dip, that will blend in better with the bottom. At least it would here, not sure what your stream bottoms are like.
That is what I would do if I could use colony traps.
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Re: Paint colony traps
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05/14/20 01:25 AM
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Put trap In den entrance.Put trap where rat has to swim no paint needed. I have over a 100 colony traps they are at least 10 years old never seen any paint and they are as good as they day I made them. A nice dull grey color that blends In just fine.
I'm not all that sure a rat can even see that well under water.
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Re: Paint colony traps
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05/14/20 08:44 AM
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I paint my cages that are up on dry land with camo pattern using two or three different flat colors of rustoleum rattle cans. Light tan, dark brown, black, all work well.
But my handful colony traps, its interesting I haven't painted any of those and after reading this thread it just struck me...my own colonies have shown some interesting stuff have occurred to the wire over time. These were shiny metal wire when new but over time have turned dark on their own I have no idea why but I think from whatever is in the water in the mucky ditches I've used them in for many years. I hose them off and hang them up dry in my shed all during off season, but its weird what they look like I think its sort of like dying traps in walnut hulls or something, the wire turned dark on its own over time and hasn't really rusted hardly at all just got really dark colored. I might try to wax them one of these seasons but so far they look just like a dark brown walnut hull dyed trap and still work great on rats and mink in rat runs down middle of little waterways through cornfields and grassy ditches. I seriously never thought to dye or paint them like I do my other cages.
should I?
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Re: Paint colony traps
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05/14/20 10:12 AM
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I built my own and I used wire that was galvanized after welding. This makes a huge difference In how they hold up. If I thought painting would improve my catch rate I would do so. Here's a one day check story using colony traps. I set 26 traps on location the next day I had 52 rats no paint needed. But If a person feels they need to paint then do It, It probably won't hurt but I wouldn't paint them BLACK.
Maybe BLUE would be the way to go.
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Re: Paint colony traps
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05/14/20 10:39 AM
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I didn't know you could afford paint?
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Re: Paint colony traps
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05/14/20 10:47 AM
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If I were to paint my colonies it would be Rustoleum brown. Cut it to 60% acetone to paint. Lightly dipped or sprayed in a tray.
Let them dry and thats all thats needed in the way of painting. Otherwise the rust color gives them the camoflage they need.
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