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cement mixer #7313284
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Are there any negatives to using a cement mixer for cleaning a couple hundred traps at once w/ sand (or something else)?

Re: cement mixer [Re: coop] #7313289
07/25/21 09:11 AM
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I’d remove the fins and try it that way it might be easier on the traps.


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Take all the chains off unless you want to spend hours untangling. I use river rock and blasting media and will clean 90% of the rust off.

Re: cement mixer [Re: coop] #7313337
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I use a sand/damp sawdust combo, just put the end of the chain in the jaws


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Re: cement mixer [Re: coop] #7313404
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Just make a wet slurry of sand and water in the drum and let run till clean.

Re: cement mixer [Re: coop] #7313452
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I would run in smaller batches

Unless you are talking about one of the ones that held about a yard

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Thanks for the info folks...

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