Whats the best way to treat your water traps?
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TrapperMatt
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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]
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07/22/08 09:06 PM
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gil turner
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gil turner
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wax and dye for footholds, dye only for body traps.
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Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps?
[Re: waterfordcooner]
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blaine
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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.
A BIG LEGGED WOMAN AINT GOT NO SOUL
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Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps?
[Re: blaine]
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My beaver traps are spray painted and the coon traps are waxed.
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Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps?
[Re: blaine]
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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. blaine, how did you thin the rustoleum?
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Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps?
[Re: Cody_13]
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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?
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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
Last edited by warden; 07/23/08 12:58 AM. Reason: added the link
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Re: Whats the best way to treat your water traps?
[Re: warden]
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blaine
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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?
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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]
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07/23/08 09:24 AM
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Youngtraprs Dad
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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.
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