Re: Blackening traps
[Re: wetdog]
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09/08/18 10:19 AM
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Looks like it is only for galvanized steel or zinc surfaces. It is $103 per gallon and requires a sealing lacquer for metal over the patina.
If you already have galvanized or zinc coating, you have rust protection. Color does not matter for land traps.
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Re: Blackening traps
[Re: wetdog]
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09/08/18 10:30 AM
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I always wondered why "hot blue" wouldnt work? Like they do gun barrels. Some people will put mustard on carbon steel to give it a patina
the just shall live by faith
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Re: Blackening traps
[Re: wetdog]
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09/08/18 10:59 AM
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For years I have rust blued new traps by placing them in an old cooler with a little muratic acid they come out the nicest deep blue color and then waxing them in my experience it lasts as long as any other treatment which is to say untill the first coon catch
�Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.� ― Robert A. Heinlein
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Re: Blackening traps
[Re: Taximan]
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09/08/18 01:02 PM
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Have you ever buried a blued gun for a month?Would you? If it was properly waxed i might. Gun has no bluing inside the barrel. Anyway it was just a thought.
the just shall live by faith
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Re: Blackening traps
[Re: wetdog]
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09/08/18 02:23 PM
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Ok Taximan - I'll bite. What do you do?
Brian
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Re: Blackening traps
[Re: Taximan]
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09/08/18 04:55 PM
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I'm intrigued.... What is this strange, new method of which you speak?
"...in a very few days we succeeded in taking over one hundred beaver, the skins of which were worth ten dollars per pound." Jim Beckwourth (1856)
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Re: Blackening traps
[Re: mainer]
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09/08/18 06:14 PM
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I'm intrigued.... What is this strange, new method of which you speak? that right there is funny! roflmbo mainer, you owe me a key board and a cup of coffee!
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Re: Blackening traps
[Re: wetdog]
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09/09/18 12:08 AM
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So, what do you like for water traps, USMC47?
When life gets me down..... you know hunting/trapping season is closed.
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Re: Blackening traps
[Re: Calvin]
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09/09/18 06:03 AM
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Never understood the allure to a black trap. Nothing stands out more than solid black. It's just tradition to dye my traps black. It all started when I read Herb Lennon's booklet. Sometimes I over think things.
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