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Degrease chain and traps #7993544 11/13/23 02:33 PM 11/13/23 02:33 PM
Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 25,694 nm A adam m OP trapper
adam m OP trapper A Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 25,694 nm	What's your method to remove grease from #2 chain and traps Last edited by adam m; 11/13/23 02:33 PM.

Re: Degrease chain and traps [Re: adam m] #7993546 11/13/23 02:39 PM 11/13/23 02:39 PM
Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 6,226 Kansas Pawnee trapper
Pawnee trapper Joined: Dec 2017 Posts: 6,226 Kansas	Power wash with hot water is what I do. Quick and simple. You could boil it if you wanted to. Everything the left touches it destroys

Re: Degrease chain and traps [Re: adam m] #7993635 11/13/23 05:45 PM 11/13/23 05:45 PM
Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,976 North Central Idaho Jumperzee trapper
Jumperzee trapper Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,976 North Central Idaho	Soak in lye then power wash

Re: Degrease chain and traps [Re: adam m] #7993650 11/13/23 06:12 PM 11/13/23 06:12 PM
Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 498 SD T Turd Furgeson trapper
Turd Furgeson trapper T Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 498 SD	One that works good for chain is to drag behind an atv on a gravel road for awhile.

Re: Degrease chain and traps [Re: adam m] #7993771 11/13/23 08:46 PM 11/13/23 08:46 PM
Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 1,575 SE Minnesota D dustytinner trapper
dustytinner trapper D Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 1,575 SE Minnesota	Soak in Purple Power degreaser. Can get it at Walmart and it works GREAT! And inexpensive. Life member Minnesota Trappers Association FTA,Sportsmen's Alliance

Re: Degrease chain and traps [Re: adam m] #7993792 11/13/23 09:03 PM 11/13/23 09:03 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 3,307 Ontario, Canada S slydogx trapper
slydogx trapper S Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 3,307 Ontario, Canada	Dollar store.oven cleaner. Place traps/chain in a 5 gallon pail, empty the can on top, let sit 1 hour, fill pail with hot water til it overflows the oil. Or just lay them out on the driveway, spray with oven cleaner and hose off. Just happy to be here.

Re: Degrease chain and traps [Re: adam m] #7994686 11/14/23 09:37 PM 11/14/23 09:37 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,334 Oregon beaverpeeler trapper
beaverpeeler trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,334 Oregon	I have also just stuck new traps in the muddy muck of acidic swamps and the bacteria will eat the grease off of those traps in a week of so...also stains them a light earthy blue. My fear of moving stairs is escalating!

Re: Degrease chain and traps [Re: beaverpeeler] #7994688 11/14/23 09:38 PM 11/14/23 09:38 PM
Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 4,897 Frazee, MN B backroadsarcher trapper
backroadsarcher trapper B Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 4,897 Frazee, MN	Originally Posted by beaverpeeler I have also just stuck new traps in the muddy muck of acidic swamps and the bacteria will eat the grease off of those traps in a week of so...also stains them a light earthy blue. Done this with new traps also.

Re: Degrease chain and traps [Re: adam m] #7994731 11/14/23 10:18 PM 11/14/23 10:18 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,261 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,261 Minnesota	New traps go in 'our' dishwasher chain in a log wood simmer NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

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