Treat new traps question

I got dz new 110 an long stands , not a big deal an plan paint camo flat brown, not go put lot effort into it but just paint over factory oil not problem or would go carwash an power wash first make any difference ? Next year after use , I would dip

Take the oil off or the paint wont stick.

I would put them in a bucket with some dish soap or some kind of degreaser to get the oil off, but I wouldn’t bother going all the way to the car wash with them

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Just run em in the dishwasher.

For new traps - I use gas and a brush to remove most of the factory oil, then soak them for a couple days in dawn, before rinsing to finish up.....Flame away at me on the dangers of using gas, Lol.

No flames around gas!

I haven't used it to clean traps, but I use it to clean about everything else greasy. Always have gas around when I am doing wheel bearings and whatnot. Works as good as any other solvent, and trust me, most other solvents are just as flammable and produce just as many vapors as gas.

Be me, I'd decrease ( I would t paint but nothing against it) and wax. My wax is pretty black from adding some black wax and black residue from dying.

Never would I dip, but like the painting, that's a personal preference.

Would wand it power wash do anything ? Not wash truck weeks, I could end week, I have paint few new traps before, last year was 2- no. 5s, work ok but not best job

As long as you power wash with soap. Just water will be hard to take off factory grease/oil

So it was posted , it work to just let soak in 5 gallon bucket of cold water for couple days an rinse after with how much dish detergent ? Supposed soak my dirty clothes an arm protecters in soap water an then wash but I just wash every other day from metal work, don't bother pre soak or have time mess it

Would just cold water an dish detergent soak for 2 days work ?

.... as mentioned before... do you have a dishwashing machine and the soap that goes in it ? ... run them through that thing once with soap... then once with straight water... treat them however you want after that

You’re alright ol hand ... it’s just that your head is so hard a wildcat can’t even scratch it lol

No dishwasher

No dishwasher

Then go to the carwash, soap the heck out of them and spray them off.

What you ought to do is ... take up with an ol lonely gal that lives in town and provide services in exchange for dishwashing machine privileges... then leave her missing you during trappin season. Who knows... it could blossom into something more permanent than coon grease on a fleshing beam

2 parts water to 1 part vinegar, then garden hose

I thought you were going to say, leave her with no dishwasher

So soak in cold water with detergent for 2 days wouldn't work ? Years ago I used buy vinegar an muritia. acid , not go bother with it for 110 s, a dz, if was canine traps it be different , just wonder as not go make 10 Mile round trip to car wash even

Lets get this perfectly right now.........

Dave, please let us know how they turn out after you soak them in cold water and detergent for 2 days

This makes for good comical reading but I’ve stroked my last key.

How hard would it be to just fill up your kitchen sink with hot water and some Dawn dish soap, then wash your traps after they have soaked for a while? OR......check the archives for answers about cleaning traps.

That's a boring solution. I have no doubt that it would work.