|
Re: How do you prep DP for next season.
[Re: backroadsarcher]
#8121860
04/14/24 08:49 PM
04/14/24 08:49 PM
|
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 10,757 Iowa
trapdog1
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 10,757
Iowa
|
Clean mine good a some fresh paint. Same here. I like a tan color so it blends in with the dead grass. But a coon is going to wear it off no matter what color you use.
|
|
|
Re: How do you prep DP for next season.
[Re: BC-Buck]
#8124419
04/18/24 08:50 PM
04/18/24 08:50 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 2,186 Rochester, MN
Teacher
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 2,186
Rochester, MN
|
I wash mine in 5-gallon buckets of very hot water and Dawn. They soak for a bit then I flush them out, scrape the insides with a big screw driver to remove still-attached gunk, and rinse. After a while of drying, they get rattle can sprayed. Some are white. Some are jet black. Some are tan-brown. The coon seem to care less about the color and more about the smells coming from them.
Last edited by Teacher; 04/18/24 08:52 PM. Reason: Siri messed up my word order
Never too old to learn
|
|
|
Re: How do you prep DP for next season.
[Re: BC-Buck]
#8124775
04/19/24 09:59 AM
04/19/24 09:59 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 625 Wisconsin
Lance Squires
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 625
Wisconsin
|
I made a jig out of 2 x 4 that holds 9 tr aps. I drill a hole that the stake on the bottom slides into (for Duke DP's) and a slot (for Griz traps) and I power wash. Takes very little time to clean them up. I let them dry and speed dip. Very fast way to go through 100 plus traps.
57 years trapping. It's who I am. Every day is still as exciting as it was when I was a kid but a little more work.
|
|
|
Re: How do you prep DP for next season.
[Re: BC-Buck]
#8124781
04/19/24 10:08 AM
04/19/24 10:08 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2024
Posts: 206 North East Utah
That.darn.coon
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Jan 2024
Posts: 206
North East Utah
|
How dose speed dip work for ya on dps
******* I save my sick days, because come winter, I'm gonna have a bad case of trappin fever *******
|
|
|
Re: How do you prep DP for next season.
[Re: BC-Buck]
#8124784
04/19/24 10:15 AM
04/19/24 10:15 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 625 Wisconsin
Lance Squires
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 625
Wisconsin
|
It works great but like any of the dyes, the first coon cleans it up to a shiney finish, lol. I just use the dip because it's fast and protects the traps from rusting.
57 years trapping. It's who I am. Every day is still as exciting as it was when I was a kid but a little more work.
|
|
|
Re: How do you prep DP for next season.
[Re: BC-Buck]
#8125675
04/20/24 05:52 PM
04/20/24 05:52 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 8,385 Firth, Nebraska
jabNE
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Aug 2013
Posts: 8,385
Firth, Nebraska
|
Clean em and set em is about all I do now.
Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.
|
|
|
Re: How do you prep DP for next season.
[Re: General Ottsc]
#8128962
04/26/24 11:04 AM
04/26/24 11:04 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2023
Posts: 129 MO
BC-Buck
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Dec 2023
Posts: 129
MO
|
I've been painting mine with some cheap black spray paint but it doesn't take long for that paint to get rubbed off. So I think I'm going to go with the speed dip route this year and see how well it holds up. I was going to boil dip a bunch of new leg hold traps and was wandering if would hold up better than rattle can paint on DP traps?
|
|
|
Re: How do you prep DP for next season.
[Re: BC-Buck]
#8128969
04/26/24 11:17 AM
04/26/24 11:17 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 5,546 West Central MN
20scout
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 5,546
West Central MN
|
Powder coating would hold up better than anything but even over time would wear off. In my opinion any method of coating is just rust prevention during the off season.
Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.
|
|
|
Re: How do you prep DP for next season.
[Re: 20scout]
#8129416
04/27/24 08:02 AM
04/27/24 08:02 AM
|
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 10,757 Iowa
trapdog1
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 10,757
Iowa
|
Powder coating would hold up better than anything but even over time would wear off. In my opinion any method of coating is just rust prevention during the off season. Yup! I hope all mine are shined up and need repainted when the season is over.
|
|
|
Re: How do you prep DP for next season.
[Re: BC-Buck]
#8129723
04/27/24 07:58 PM
04/27/24 07:58 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,904 Frazee, MN
backroadsarcher
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 4,904
Frazee, MN
|
Just wire brushed all mine today. Going to get a fresh coat of paint when it warms up.
Last edited by backroadsarcher; 04/28/24 05:59 PM.
|
|
|
Re: How do you prep DP for next season.
[Re: BC-Buck]
#8130016
04/28/24 10:58 AM
04/28/24 10:58 AM
|
Joined: Apr 2024
Posts: 3 MI
General Ottsc
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Apr 2024
Posts: 3
MI
|
I was going to boil dip a bunch of new leg hold traps and was wandering if would hold up better than rattle can paint on DP traps?
Dipping or using dye on traps will definitely hold up better than just painting them. The only good thing about painting traps is it's fast and easy to do touch ups throughout the season.
Last edited by General Ottsc; 04/28/24 11:00 AM.
|
|
|
|
|
|