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First time Waxing traps #8468225 09/12/25 07:59 PM 09/12/25 07:59 PM
Joined: Nov 2024 IN J JAB357 OP trapper
JAB357 OP trapper J Joined: Nov 2024 IN	What's the best way to go about this? Float the wax on water or to use pure wax? Thanks

Re: First time Waxing traps [Re: JAB357] #8468226 09/12/25 08:01 PM 09/12/25 08:01 PM
Joined: Aug 2018 Pennsylvania The hammer trapper
The hammer trapper Joined: Aug 2018 Pennsylvania	Pure wax low and slow.

Re: First time Waxing traps [Re: JAB357] #8468230 09/12/25 08:06 PM 09/12/25 08:06 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 East of the Mason-Dixon Line DelawareRob trapper
DelawareRob trapper Joined: Oct 2013 East of the Mason-Dixon Line	Pure wax. Stop over cooking your meat! It isn’t gamey, it’s over cooked! Gordon Ramsey, maybe…

Re: First time Waxing traps [Re: JAB357] #8468235 09/12/25 08:15 PM 09/12/25 08:15 PM
Joined: Jan 2023 Pennsylvania elsmasho82 trapper
elsmasho82 trapper Joined: Jan 2023 Pennsylvania	Here I can help and I’m dumb!!! Pure wax melt down on low! It’ll catch fire if you cook it too hot! Let the trap sit long enough to come to same temp as wax with a nail in the jaw. Then pull it out and let it sit on cardboard or something. Apparently you should not put traps in just straight outta the dye bath into the hot wax they should be allowed to cook first. Would love to see pictures

Re: First time Waxing traps [Re: JAB357] #8468241 09/12/25 08:21 PM 09/12/25 08:21 PM
Joined: Nov 2018 Mo T Trapper5123 trapper
Trapper5123 trapper T Joined: Nov 2018 Mo	You've never stepped faster then having a wax pot catch on fire. And if that happens have a lid to smother it.

Re: First time Waxing traps [Re: JAB357] #8468250 09/12/25 08:34 PM 09/12/25 08:34 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia warrior trapper
warrior trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia	Fully dry before going in the hot wax. Water and hot wax is bad mojo. Keep a lid handy when melting wax to smother should it flash. Let the traps come fully up to the temp of the wax before pulling them out.

Re: First time Waxing traps [Re: JAB357] #8468253 09/12/25 08:38 PM 09/12/25 08:38 PM
Joined: Nov 2024 IN J JAB357 OP trapper
JAB357 OP trapper J Joined: Nov 2024 IN	Talk about moving fast last winter I was melting old lead water pipe, put the last piece in the lead melter and had a volcano eruption!

Re: First time Waxing traps [Re: JAB357] #8468313 09/12/25 09:30 PM 09/12/25 09:30 PM
Joined: Feb 2009 St. James, Missouri Bigbuck trapper
Bigbuck trapper Joined: Feb 2009 St. James, Missouri	The safest way to wax traps is in a double boil pot. Big pot with water in it and a smaller pot set inside the bigger pot with your wax in it, this way you with never scorch your wax or catch it on fire. A long hair country boy can survive

Re: First time Waxing traps [Re: JAB357] #8468885 09/13/25 09:14 PM 09/13/25 09:14 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Sampson Co. NC W Wiley Royal trapper
Wiley Royal trapper W Joined: Jul 2007 Sampson Co. NC	Buy you a temp. gun off Amazon for about $20 to keep check on the wax temp. You want it at about 230 degrees. Like has already been said you want to leave your traps in for about 30 sec. Your traps should look wet but have no build up of wax, if not leave them in a little longer.

Re: First time Waxing traps [Re: JAB357] #8468909 09/13/25 09:51 PM 09/13/25 09:51 PM
Joined: Aug 2013 Louisville, Nebraska jabNE trapper
jabNE trapper Joined: Aug 2013 Louisville, Nebraska	I’ve got an old smart cooker that is my wax pot. No open flame and safe temp above melting point but not so hot that it combusts. I’ve waxed traps in that for years. Holds a lot of wax and I can do a couple big traps at a time or several smaller ones. Leave em in u to the trap is same temp as the hot wax. Works awesome and very safe method. Jim Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.

Re: First time Waxing traps [Re: elsmasho82] #8468944 09/13/25 11:31 PM 09/13/25 11:31 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin	Originally Posted by elsmasho82 Here I can help and I’m dumb!!! Pure wax melt down on low! It’ll catch fire if you cook it too hot! Let the trap sit long enough to come to same temp as wax with a nail in the jaw. Then pull it out and let it sit on cardboard or something. Apparently you should not put traps in just straight outta the dye bath into the hot wax they should be allowed to cook first. Would love to see pictures I would skip the cardboard thing unless you want to be scraping the trap off the cardboard. Just shake and hang to dry The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: First time Waxing traps [Re: JAB357] #8469020 09/14/25 07:36 AM 09/14/25 07:36 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Pa W Wright Brothers trapper
Wright Brothers trapper W Joined: Dec 2006 Pa	I use double boiler. Some say that is not hot enough. They also say all wax melts at the same temp. So here we are. Kids used to get candle making kits for Christmas. Oh the horror lol.

Re: First time Waxing traps [Re: JAB357] #8469812 09/15/25 01:43 PM 09/15/25 01:43 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 St. Louis Co, Mo B BigBob trapper
BigBob trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 St. Louis Co, Mo	I drop my traps on the wax pot when it reaches a rolling boil. Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon. Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor. Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!

Re: First time Waxing traps [Re: BigBob] #8469813 09/15/25 01:48 PM 09/15/25 01:48 PM
Joined: Jan 2009 Nebraska T Trapset trapper
Trapset trapper T Joined: Jan 2009 Nebraska	Originally Posted by BigBob I drop my traps on the wax pot when it reaches a rolling boil. That sounds scary. www.rtssetter.com

Re: First time Waxing traps [Re: JAB357] #8469818 09/15/25 01:54 PM 09/15/25 01:54 PM
Joined: Jul 2024 IL NorthwesternYote trapper
NorthwesternYote trapper Joined: Jul 2024 IL	Are there any good videos on how to do this with pure wax? I've seen videos with the wax floating on the water so I thought that was the way to do it, but the majority opinion here seems to be that's no good, so I'd like to see a video of doing it the right way.

Re: First time Waxing traps [Re: JAB357] #8469845 09/15/25 03:01 PM 09/15/25 03:01 PM
Joined: Jan 2018 Henry Co, IL 3 3togo trapper
3togo trapper 3 Joined: Jan 2018 Henry Co, IL	Get some flat scrap boards to lay them on, OR, I usually prop up a piece of old hog panel and hang to dry.

Re: First time Waxing traps [Re: JAB357] #8469856 09/15/25 03:22 PM 09/15/25 03:22 PM
Joined: Oct 2017 perry co.Pa wetdog trapper
wetdog trapper Joined: Oct 2017 perry co.Pa	I use a temperature control crockpot for waxing

Re: First time Waxing traps [Re: 3togo] #8469911 09/15/25 05:10 PM 09/15/25 05:10 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 St. Louis Co, Mo B BigBob trapper
BigBob trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 St. Louis Co, Mo	Originally Posted by 3togo Get some flat scrap boards to lay them on, OR, I usually prop up a piece of old hog panel and hang to dry. I hang them by the chains with a hook on a fence. Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon. Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor. Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!

Re: First time Waxing traps [Re: JAB357] #8470064 09/15/25 08:20 PM 09/15/25 08:20 PM
Joined: Apr 2018 central Ohio M mfergu8 trapper
mfergu8 trapper M Joined: Apr 2018 central Ohio	Buy a big commercial crock pot from a good will or thrift store. Usually they are fairly cheap. That's what I use and you can control the temperature so you never have to worry about a fire. I use one to make my wax dirt in also. It works great.

Re: First time Waxing traps [Re: JAB357] #8470067 09/15/25 08:24 PM 09/15/25 08:24 PM
Joined: Mar 2010 SD Boone Liane trapper
Boone Liane trapper Joined: Mar 2010 SD	I just throw my wax pot over the turkey cooker. No water, pure wax. No idea how hot it is. I can do four #3s at once. I keep it cool as possible while maintaining good adhesion. I like a heavy coat of wax on my stuff.

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