Trap Preparation | HOW TO Wax and Dye Traps 

He said Menards and limestone gravel....he’s from the Midwest 🍻

Awesome video. I'm just starting out and it's really helped me understand. Thank you!

Love the video. I've inherited some old traps and am going to use this, ive always snared so im excited to start trapping. Question, aren't you dying being in the closed off area with that acid kicking off? You've got to feel those fumes

With a 24 hour acid bath ,and through cleaning the traps come out spotless. Using two turkey cookers . One has 40 pounds of melted wax. Once melted turn the heat off of it. It take about 15 minutes only at boiling the coat the traps totally black. Straight out of the dying solution , I shake the traps, and wipe anything off with a clean paper towel. Within in a minute they go into the melted wax, which is crystal clear. Within five seconds they are out and onto the rack. I keep the dye solution boiling all this time. Twenty traps this run about two hours to prep and run them through. I can only fit like five traps at a time in the dye turkey cooker, If I had a way bigger boiling dye pot I could cut the time down to less then one hour.

Rather than pouring the oil out of the bucket you can stick a garden hose in the bucket, turn on the water and let the oil flow down the side of the bucket. Just a suggestion. Thanks for the video

Never done this with my traps. Just a day ago got six brand new duke traps shipped to me from eBay, I’ve set them right out of the box. Went to check them the next morning and three out of six had caught animals. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Thank you. This is very informative.

muratic acid can be found in pool supplies.

Thank you for the video. Very new to using traps. I just had a couple arrive today. I plan on setting them without doing this since I ordered the supplies. I have a coyote hopping into my yard over a wall, eating my chickens, and leaving. I know where he's coming in so I plan on setting where he is landing and exiting. Once I get the supplies I will definitely do this to help preserve the trap. I'm not worried about scent since I'm hoping he lands or exits on the traps. His focus is on my chickens. He's killed 18 so far so I don't think he's focusing on scent. More like a snatch and kill op for him.

Thanks for the great content. This is the 2nd version of prep..dying..coating. The 1st..used vinegar & water..powder dye w/cold water..and spray paint. What's your take on the 1st? Pro's & Con's.

From my perspective, the reason trappers today dye and wax their traps is unproven and based on theory. If dying is for scent, why cover it up with wax? If wax is used to keep in the scent, how is the critter going to smell it. Especially at a distance and considering most trappers don't consider prevailing wind direction when setting? Key word here is "theoretically". A hundred years ago a trapper would have pissed himself laughing if anyone had suggested this.

Thanks WP, I'm a new subscriber. For wax do you use 100% perfin or a mix with bee's wax? Thanks, Boe

Love your video!Dose the pot of wax have to be just wax or do you add something else to it?

Two things... 1- always add acid to water, NEVER add water to acid. 2- never use acid indoors. It fumes as it’s working and anything in that garage made of steel (ie tools, car parts, guns) will rust afterwards.

You know what else gives traps an earthy scent? Earth.

I never will do anything with my traps except adjust the triggers.Works just fine for me.

Galvanizing would protect against rust much better and way longer than waxing rusted surface. That rust will thrive underneath the wax. Oxidation would also protect better.

Good information thanks for sharing

Running a propane tank in a closed space displaces the oxygen in that room.

I use to dye my traps now I spray paint them.

I cant get the state or the county to come in and take care of the coyotes we have around here. The last time I heard was about 5 packs. So I bought a few Duke #3 Traps to get them. I never trap before. And am learning. ( life at 60 yrs old ) I love to hunt and the rabbits & Foxes are gone. Deer are not the same in the fall. I seen they have pups in Feb march. So soon mama will be looking for food. And step by step am learning how to hunt coyote. I call them at night and they call back. ( good thing ) so I know about were they are in the day time I ride on the 4 wheeler and seen there tracks. Now I had a friend tell me about waxing my new traps. And told to watch your video. Thank you so much for the step by step. The only problem I have is i need one more burner. And off to True Value today to buy a pot & burner. Set up my waxing and next week march 20th 2021 I will clean & wax my traps. Leave the wax & brown in the pots to reused again Rock on.

Good video. Thanks for sharing

Going into second year of trapping. Expanding a bit this year. I have bins full of traps from my father in law. They are quite rusty as he hadn't trapped in a log time. Will the muratic acid clean the rust? Not familiar with it.

amazing video you helped me out SO MUCH. THANK YOU SOOO MUCHHH.

Natural acid, charcoal or wood stove ashes!

what about seasoning it like a pan ..oil and heat ?

Do you have a link for the wax used?

Thanks!

Do you also die and wax the chains you use anchoring?

Does the wax/dye mess up for stain the turkey fryer

What kind of wax do you use? I'm just wondering because I have beehives and wondering if I can use beeswax as well. Thanks.

Great video

Thanks for the video. What type of dye do you use?

WHat about powder coated traps. What is the maintenance on these?

So you use wax dirt an still wax your traps ?

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Thanks for the awesome video.. very helpful. Am curious to what type of wax he is using?

Thanks for the video. But I see you have your deer heads hanging in the garage they are nice they should be hanging in your living room so everyone can see them.

It's a year since my last comment so here's another. If your going to bury the trap why do you need to color it ??

I’m new to trapping. Looking into giving coyote trapping a try. Would it be okay to maybe heat your traps up in the oven? If you can’t go from dye to wax right away? To make sure your traps are warm when you go to wax them.

That might work on dozen traps but I have several hundred traps. Can I drop them off and you clean them up for me? Lol

Those large panned traps you use intrigue me. I'm curious as to would it possibly be better to orient the trap 90 degrees from the way you bed them? It seems that any situation that throws the trap with the target's foot on the central perimiter (middle of the jaw) of the trap over the jaw, could that possibly tend to maybe at times throw the foot upward and out of the jaws before they close? Granted, the situation would be similar if the situation presented the trap throwing with the foot positioned over the central side area over the jaw with it bedded 90 degrees to your norm, but it seems easier to steer this way, and it seems as if even then, its still significantly more likely to sling the foot up and out the original way...wholly out or to a toe catch. Its likely not much difference, if any at all, but any little advantage should be expkoited Id think....again, if it's an advantage! Believe me, I'm asking, not advising per se!!

Can anyone tell me what brand wax works best?

How do I keep raccoons from slipping out of my DP trap

Have you tried speed dip? Would you recommend it?

It’s sad that your wife makes you keep those nice bucks out in the garage !

You said you do dozens at a time. Do you have bigger pots or just a few go in wait and repeat.

What about purple blaster to clean the factory oils

Do you do this to the earth anchors as well?

Can i reuse the wax agian or do i throw it away

What size pots are your wax and dye pots?

Thanks so much for the video. Muriatic acid was a new one to me. I have 6 new Bridgers coming from Hoosier Trapper. Definitely borrowing that tip for ya"ll. This Hoosier is gonna show these Texas boys in the Hill country how us real Hillbillies do it.

Thank you for the instructions and the tips! I have a coyote starter kit with 6 traps on their way from F&T and your info definitely helped. I have never trapped before but I am going to give it a try. I have a little more than a month left of trapping season in Pennsylvania so we’ll see what happens! Take care and thanks!

Is the wax pure wax or is it water and wax?

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. I am brand new to trapping and I found this extremely helpful. I had no idea there were so many nuances to trapping. A coyote recently snached up some of my chickens and even my beloved cat right in my yard. After a few days of ugly crying I decided that this is going to be an all-out war. There is a ton of construction where I live and it is forcing them all onto my land. I haven't seen a fawn or any small game in quite some time. Hopefully he will have a good pelt because I'm planning on making a cat bed out of him.🫡

I used this method on some new traps really did not do a good job had to scrub them with dawn after the acid !!! I left them in for over an hour!!!