Hunting Washington Forum

Other Activities => Trapping => Topic started by: ibuyre on May 24, 2020, 10:49:41 PM

Title: preserving traps
Post by: ibuyre on May 24, 2020, 10:49:41 PM: aka How does everyone keep there cage traps from rusting? I have a few nice traps from Bruce that I use, but at the end of the season they have started to rust. What does everyone do to make there traps last longer? I know mine are still good... I just want to keep them that way from another 10 years or till the critters make a mess of them. And with the rust starting at the end of year one... that won't happen unless I do SOMETHING??? I think? Or am I just being OCD?
Title: Re: preserving traps
Post by: Archry on May 24, 2020, 11:14:29 PM: I camo mine in rustoleum spray paint.
Title: Re: preserving traps
Post by: Cougartail on May 25, 2020, 07:52:54 AM: :yeah:
Title: Re: preserving traps
Post by: Humptulips on May 25, 2020, 10:00:33 AM: Did you read my article about this in the Fur Shed?
Title: Re: preserving traps
Post by: Jingles on May 25, 2020, 10:49:23 AM: So far Full Metal Jacket from F & T Trading post has been excellent at keeping rust from my Connibears.
Title: Re: preserving traps
Post by: Cylvertip on May 25, 2020, 11:30:25 AM: I use WD40 on my Conibears, but that would be a slimy mess for cages. Rattle can or Bruce's solution sound reasonable to me.
Title: Re: preserving traps
Post by: ibuyre on May 25, 2020, 12:18:08 PM: I had missed that in the fur shed and just found it. That was just what I was looking for. Thanks Bruce and everyone else. I will do that and rattle can them.
Title: Re: preserving traps
Post by: Utah on May 25, 2020, 11:49:21 PM: wax?
Title: Re: preserving traps
Post by: JakeLand on May 26, 2020, 04:50:43 AM: Cages I pressure wash and use rust-oleum spray paint and my footholds and conibears all get dipped . I don’t use wax at all for any trap and never had as it just doesn’t need it
But with cages when I set them in the snow or in freezing temperatures I put a dab of Vaseline on my trigger assembly