Degreasing new traps

[Flintman]

I did a search in the archives couldn't find anything.

Looking for different ideas on degreasing new traps without a dish washer.

Thanks

[eric]

Put traps in a barrel or bucket cover with water then pour in a container of Saniflush toilet bowl cleaner. Let soak for a day, pour water off and power wash traps. Traps will then form a thin layer of rust very quickly and be ready for dying. Cheap and easy.

[Bob Jameson]

A vinegar and water mix will do nicely to degrease and will begin rusting over nite.

[trappnman]

bleach and water does the same thing

[stnick]

Whe using saniflush should you put in pot of hot water just like when dying or just a good soak in room temp water?

[kevinupp]

Tire/engine degreaser at a carwash does good too.

[mr. finch]

i use a cut down 55 gallon drum sitting on top of a turkey frier heat it up traps water sani flush and let boil,stick a garden hose in it and flush the drity water out let dry

[justwannano]

There are a lot of ways. I've just used a bucket of hot water and dish soap.
Dish soap is made to remove grease.
Problem is getting the grease out of the bucket before you pull your traps back thru the oil which is floating captured in the suds.
Do that by running water in the bucket until all the suds are gone over the top.
Hope this helps
just

[mtcbrlatrap]

I used to use lye and then saniflush, but with the meth lab issues those items are almost impossible to find.
This year I am degreasing several dozen new traps and bought some liquid draino. I put the traps in cold water and poured probably 8 ounces plus or minus of this stuff in the plastic pail, covered up and let it set for 3-5 days and then took my small power washer and cleaned them off. Worked good and cost about 75 cents a dozen traps to clean them up. I dipped them and so did not let them rust up for dying or waxing.


Bryce

[jbconnected]

The last couple of years I have used TSP to boil my traps in. I haven't noticed any problems & it is odorless.

[Wright Brothers]

I found some cheap degreaser at the dollar store. Names Awesome Green, cost $2, works good. Squirt them down real good, let soak, squirt again, power wash, boil and wax.
I hate rust and do not rust traps, the'll get that on their own. If dye wont stick, I don't care. After boiling I also over flow the pot to flood the top off.
The other day I heated my wax a little, dumped out the wax in a big chunk, sawed the bottom of my wax off and though it away.
Was some real ugly stuff in the bottom. Don't know if thst matters, but made me feel better.

[trappnman]

If dye wont stick, I don't care.

my attitude also

[Flintman]

Thanks for all the responses. I use to boil them in water with Red Devil Lye added to it gave up on that to dangerous.

Once I've got them degreased I'm not going to worry about rusting them either.

Carl

[slowmoe]

I like easy off oven cleaner. Just give them a good spraying and wash them off.

[skunk]

Dont want any rust either. When it is in the ground cant see them anyway! Clean mine with unsented dishwasher detergient powder and then wax they will rust anyway.

[lynxcat]

Aug 13, 2008 19:17:13 GMT -6 slowmoe said:

I like easy off oven cleaner. Just give them a good spraying and wash them off.

THAT'D cost me a fortune...

[17HMR]

Just for new traps Lynx

[xbr]

The dishwasher works great. You might need to wait until the wife is not home.

[rk660]

Yep dishwasher,spray inside with some cheap degreaser/cleaner, and you wont leave telltale signs that dishwasher has been used for questionable activities.

Dont try it on skunk stinked traps, did that once and made for a looonng dry spell. got the stink off the traps though.

[redeagle]

Vinegar and water work very well for me. It will also clean dirty traps and make them nice and shiny when they first come out of the water. Hose off the vinegar/water mix with a blast from the garden hose. Traps will start rusting almost immediately after they dry out.