Hello, just curious for those of you who paint or dip your traps what do you do when becomes time to remove it? I heard a guy say he just dips his traps in half paint/ half acetone every year and I figured that would build up on the trap so how do guys remove it, besides maybe paint stripper or something. Thanks

I guess I've never ran into that. I only treat traps that need it - those that have had the finish worn off by catches or whatever. No need to treat them every year if they don't need it.

If you’ve used a gasoline/coleman liquid gas combined with Andy Stoe’s dip, just put them in some paint thinner and work the dip/ paint off with a stiff paint brush. The last time I did it this way it took about a minute a trap.

The second way is much easier. Go find somebody who has a cement mixer. Put in about a gallon of 1/2 inch gravel and tumble your traps, 3-6 at a time, for about 10 minutes. It’s noisy but it really does the trick of removing everything.

Sandblaster works really well

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Super clean. Always worked for me.

I used to use Full Metal Jacket. I would dip too often and had a heck of a time getting it off once I went back to dye and wax.

Lye works wonders but I don't know all the various trap coatings though.

Thank you for the responses, some pretty clever solutions. I was looking into doing either the dip or paint method but thought the removal process might have made it more trouble then it was worth but doesn’t sound it needs to be done that often or will be that difficult if it needs to be done. Thanks again everyone.

One caution with lye. No snares, it eats aluminum.

I have used brake clean to remove dip. But still takes some elbow grease.

That brake cleaner is strong stuff, I have used it on my black powder rifle before. Thanks for the heads up Warrior, I am thinking Sane one dip or nothing from the snares.