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Post by musher on May 18, 2006 15:26:53 GMT -6
I bought a pressure washer today. My reason for buying it (don't tell my wife - she thinks it's for windows and such) is to wash my traps. (I used to soak them in the current of the river)
I'm figuring that all I have to do is spray the traps and be careful to get inside the coils. Does anyone use detergent or anything?
Anything else I should know? I speed dip my steel.
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Post by mike692 on May 18, 2006 15:33:49 GMT -6
You'll love it musher. Bought a gas powered one a couple years ago. I pressure wash them as soon as they come off the line. My used traps from last season are all hanging in the shed squeaky clean ready to be cooked off. I lay them all out on a sheet of plywood and have at them. If they are really dirty, they get turned over once. I don't use any soap, just water.
It's great for washing vehicles, siding, and windows too. It's a good all around tool.
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Post by Heavymetal on May 18, 2006 22:26:39 GMT -6
I have a pressure washer that will work jsut right for this. I never really thought about it until I got my #3 victor softcatch traps and Bob wendt told me to pressure wash them then wax. Boiling the traps will damage the rubber inserts. It is nice for washing the house. I used ours to strip bark off of cedar logs and half logs that we built our porch out of. works great if the wood has been cut and has cured good, doesn't work well on green wood. it will leave those logs with a shiny smooth clean finish looks great. I hear some of the taxidermist is using this to blow the flesh off of the deer capes and thick hides like beavers and such. why not, seems like it would work. you wouldn't want to use it on a fox,coyote or bobcat which you really don't have that much flesh or fat to clean up. I plan to try it on a coon or a beaver and just see how well it works. Have yall heard of this.
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Post by td on May 19, 2006 8:16:16 GMT -6
At least a few guys, one dealer i know, have been using pressure washers to flesh coon. High psi and a certain tip, oscillating i think. Would try it, but can't imagine the mess, water might get expensive and would need an area to do it in out of the elements and away from everything else, preferrably heated.
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