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Do wax or use FMJ? #8508428
11/21/25 12:28 PM
11/21/25 12:28 PM
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Illinois
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2zwudz Offline OP
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Illinois
I am a beginner and was wanting to know what you guys do? Dip your traps in FMJ or wax your leg holds for coyote?

Re: Do wax or use FMJ? [Re: 2zwudz] #8508444
11/21/25 12:46 PM
11/21/25 12:46 PM
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Hi-Line Montana
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Joined: Feb 2018
Hi-Line Montana
I wax all my foot holds.



Re: Do wax or use FMJ? [Re: 2zwudz] #8508476
11/21/25 02:07 PM
11/21/25 02:07 PM
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Indiana
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Indiana
Wax. I've tried dips of all kinds. I always go back to wax.

Re: Do wax or use FMJ? [Re: 2zwudz] #8508479
11/21/25 02:11 PM
11/21/25 02:11 PM
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W NY
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Joined: Mar 2020
W NY
Tried dip once didn't like it. I'm a wax guy


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Re: Do wax or use FMJ? [Re: 2zwudz] #8508481
11/21/25 02:12 PM
11/21/25 02:12 PM
Joined: Mar 2011
Vernal, Utah, USA
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Vernal, Utah, USA
I haven't waxed for years. FMJ works for me in the arid west. I've heard it can soften up in a wet climate where the ground stays wet for a high percentage of time - I don't know. Lately I have dipped my traps in 50 / 50 Rustoleum primer and latex paint thinned considerably with acetone. I let it dry completely then give it a second thin coat. This wears well and protects the traps. It also doesn't absorb odors the way waxed traps can.


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Re: Do wax or use FMJ? [Re: 2zwudz] #8508486
11/21/25 02:22 PM
11/21/25 02:22 PM
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Marion Kansas
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Yes sir Offline
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Marion Kansas
Started out dye and wax, then just dye, now I dip in primer/paint thinner mix. Draw back is they need time to air out to lose the odor.

Re: Do wax or use FMJ? [Re: 2zwudz] #8508559
11/21/25 05:24 PM
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SW Pa
I have used nearly all the methods over the years. I have gone back to dye and wax.

When I need more clean traps to use when I am on the road I take my traps to the car wash clean them well and dry. Then I wax only before setting out again. That is what I use for all my predator traps.

I cold dip my water traps in a primer most of the time now.

Re: Do wax or use FMJ? [Re: 2zwudz] #8510717
11/25/25 05:40 PM
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NE
I guess I don’t like going thru the trouble of boiling so I just paint all mine right after season. Than before the next season I dip in fmj. The fmj does wear off after a while if inn moist places. But than I got the paint after that. So I never get them too rusty after a season.

Re: Do wax or use FMJ? [Re: 2zwudz] #8510893
11/25/25 08:42 PM
11/25/25 08:42 PM
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Louisville, Nebraska
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Louisville, Nebraska
Wax here


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Re: Do wax or use FMJ? [Re: 2zwudz] #8513456
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Pennsylvania,Pike
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Pennsylvania,Pike
Quit waxing after first year then i tried black walnuts that has an order now i just buy trap die now, that leaves no order keep them sealed in 5 gallon pail with some leaves


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Re: Do wax or use FMJ? [Re: 2zwudz] #8513536
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Indiana
I tried several dips and dyes. I always go back to dye and wax.

Re: Do wax or use FMJ? [Re: 2zwudz] #8513565
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Frazee, MN
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Neither, just clean and spray paint every spring.

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