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Whats the best way to treat your water traps? #798134
07/22/08 09:02 PM
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What works best for you on bodygrips and footholds. Do you prefer to speed dip? wax and dye? Spray paint?


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Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps? [Re: TrapperMatt] #798143
07/22/08 09:06 PM
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wax and dye for footholds, dye only for body traps.

Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps? [Re: ] #798155
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speed dip or rustoleum, either way, after a few coons, theyll look shiny and new...


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Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps? [Re: waterfordcooner] #798218
07/22/08 09:28 PM
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i paint my conis-all of them. even painted my coils for a long time. Now i just speed dip.

Can you wax traps that have been dipped?

Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps? [Re: waterfordcooner] #798219
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I thinned down some Rustoleum and dipped my water traps, I like it better than anything I have used or seen.


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Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps? [Re: blaine] #798352
07/22/08 10:33 PM
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My beaver traps are spray painted and the coon traps are waxed.


Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps? [Re: Martin] #798365
07/22/08 10:42 PM
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I use speed dip and have no problem with connibears or footholds.

Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps? [Re: Martin] #798367
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Pinktail. Waxing traps that have been speed dipped (gasoline products) ruins the wax for any K9 traps. The dip leaches into the wax, turining it dark brown and stinky (learned that the hard way). I did turn about 12lbs of trap wax into candles last winter. Lots and lots of candles.

Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps? [Re: Calvin] #798368
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I use speed dip with no problems on conni or footholds. I spray paint the lil grizz

Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps? [Re: Calvin] #798372
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logwood dye and a good waxing for the footholds...nothing for the 330's,the beaver keep'm shined up. ;\)

Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps? [Re: laynsteel] #798454
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I take them out of the sack, set them, they rust and blend in. SIMPLE

Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps? [Re: blaine] #798496
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 Originally Posted By: blaine
I thinned down some Rustoleum and dipped my water traps, I like it better than anything I have used or seen.


blaine, how did you thin the rustoleum?

Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps? [Re: Cody_13] #798528
07/23/08 12:33 AM
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 Originally Posted By: grovetrapper
I take them out of the sack, set them, they rust and blend in. SIMPLE


simple until your traps become junk..


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Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps? [Re: waterfordcooner] #798534
07/23/08 12:52 AM
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I dip them multiple times in Formula One. Cut it one part F1 to 2 parts water. It is the cheapest and best way in the long run. Same with land traps and snares, you just can't beat it. Go to Snare One and buy a couple of gallons of brown.

Here is the link http://www.snareone.com

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Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps? [Re: warden] #798548
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Mineral spirits, dipped them once, it put a better coat on the traps than anything else I have seen. I done about 8 dozen traps with a quart for rustoleum and mineral spirits, cost under 20 dollars.

F1 just does not do it for me, tried it and just did not like the results,


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Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps? [Re: blaine] #798564
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I'll have to give it a shot. how much did you dilute it? how did it do on dryland traps?

Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps? [Re: ] #798632
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I'm like blaine I use rustolem rusty metal paint and mix about 1 3/4 gal. of thinner to the gal of paint. Nice quick job and it's not sticky, and will dry in a few hours. I think the best thing is if you have to retreat in the winter you can do it in the basement without the gas smell in you house.


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Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps? [Re: GLEN] #798724
07/23/08 09:24 AM
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Formula 1 on all footholds and logwood powder or crystals on all conibears except for a couple dozen 110s/120s that I like White Formula 1 on for mink in snow.

Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps? [Re: ] #798746
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Similar to Blaine but I use cheap latex paint and thin it with water at a 2 (water) to 1 (paint) ratio. Choose any color paint you want.

Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps? [Re: TrappinWI] #798878
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you ever see what cheap latex paint does when it gets wet?

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