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Re: Cheap Trap Dye
[Re: Hemming Co.]
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05/04/21 06:44 PM
05/04/21 06:44 PM
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wormbobskey
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Maple leaves do make a passable trap dye. I've put leaves in my boiling pot and leave them sit for a week or so. Bring to a boil and add traps. I've also used water based paint, watered down and dipped snares in it. Worked very well.
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Re: Cheap Trap Dye
[Re: Hemming Co.]
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05/04/21 07:28 PM
05/04/21 07:28 PM
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BigBob
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Oak leaves, brown and dry; Walnut hulls, Sumac berries, nd my favorite: Spalted Red Oak heart wood, dry rotted so it crumples in your hand.
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Re: Cheap Trap Dye
[Re: Hemming Co.]
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05/13/21 09:03 PM
05/13/21 09:03 PM
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Hemming Co.
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I have a good mix with walnut hulls and old oak wood, its pretty dark and works good. The acids in it helps prevent hard rusting too. So I did experiment with the acrylic idea. I got two bottles of black at Walmart for about 3.88 a bottle mixed it with half gallon of water and I got a nice dark coating on the traps. After drying they have no smell at all and what I like best is its a dark solid color that goes on in one dip. Next will be to see how it holds up during wax dip.
Last edited by Hemming Co.; 05/13/21 09:04 PM.
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Re: Cheap Trap Dye
[Re: Hemming Co.]
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05/15/21 07:20 PM
05/15/21 07:20 PM
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Great info everyone, thanks. I think I just might give that acrylic a try
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Re: Cheap Trap Dye
[Re: Hemming Co.]
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05/27/21 06:39 PM
05/27/21 06:39 PM
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Turtledale
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I strip sumac bark in winter. Peels off easy. Grows uncontrollably here. Makes nice black trap dye
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Re: Cheap Trap Dye
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08/18/21 06:05 PM
08/18/21 06:05 PM
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We-Sa
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Walnuts worked so well on my traps last year I’m using them again this year. A little more labor intensive than the dips but I like it and with a good layer of melted wax floating on top I kill two birds with one stone
I just dipped some snares in brown Dakotaline dip so I wouldn’t boil the oil out of them. They look really good and it would probably work fine for traps. Not sure how it would hold up when waxing.
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