home made speed dip

[trappnman]

I had the same results- but not at first. ws happy with it first couple of years, then it seems like no matter how many times you dipped you would see rust forming in spots, esp on chain links touching.

all I do with non canine traps land and water is every other year run them through the dye after done with canine traps.

I do find coils to age far more than longsprings- which might explain why I am using some traps 75 years old or more, my ls #1s and 1.5s that never ahd anythign done to them over te first 50 years of use by dad then me- just got that nice light rust on them that never seemed to get better or worse- just was LOL

different steel i'm sure then and now

[PAMINK]

Rustoleum and mineral spirits hands down is all I'll ever use again on water traps. I use the brown color. Terry

[crittergetter100]

i prefer the exterior latex satin finish type paint either sears weatherbeater or the valspar at lowes. i get it tinted to the color i want. i mix one gallon of paint to two gallons water. this works very well for me

[thebeav2]

That's the way I do it. FAST and CHEAP.
Drying time Is only a few hours so if you need to redo them during the season It's not a problem.

I have been using the latex paint method for 10 years or better and I have never seen a powder like residue on the traps.

There are two types of net coatings one Is latex based and one Is asphalt based. Never used them but I've heard they both work.

Try some drive way sealer or foundation type asphalt type coatings I bet they would be thin enough. And way cheaper then SPEED DIPS.
We all know that these guys selling the NEW brands of trap coatings didn't run off to some chemist and have a new coating Invented. You can bet your bottom dollar It's already available on your local hardware stores shelf.

[packerfan]

For cheap paint (high in quality). Visit any paint store and ask to see their "mis-tints". I never pay more than $5/gal. I prefer latex, BUT started playing with INDUSTRIAL paints this year. The stuff takes up to a week to "cure", but gives you a rock hard finish. After the season, I power washed the the footholds and they looked like fresh dip. No need to dip for 2012 (which is the end of the world anyways, so good forever).

[calvin]

I agree, Beav. Surely just re-canned and sold as trap dip. Have always thought about the driveway sealer but don't want the chemical hassle and smell after using latex paints for FREE from the recycle center.

I also have never had the "powdery" coating afterwards. If anything I get a more slick surface that speeds the trap up.

I still dye and wax my K9 stuff but for everything else, the paint is hard to beat...and with the latex stuff, I can dip in my basement in the middle of the winter and not worry about my waterheater pilot blowing my house to smithereens.

[Bigfoot]

menphis net and twine net coat $75 for 5 gallons /Latex net dip $83 for 5 gallons

[robertw]

I use the rustoleum "rusty red" primer thinned with paint thinner on all of my 280s & 330s.

[Bigfoot]

0h yea i forgot to mention that the net coat is way thicker and goes way farther .

[trappnman]

I could see rustoleum or othe paints meant to inhibit/cover rust, would be superior to F-1. If latex is the same, then you would think the results would be the same- and I just don't like that rust comes throguh F-1 almost immediately. I'm aware others don't have this problem, but I did.

I could see what bigfoot is talking about would do a good job, after all, its made to resist water

but do any of the dips, be it paint, or net dip- do any more than just boiling the traps in a dying agent?

and by more I mean last longer. I only treat water trap periodically- and the norm is if coon- it comes off in a catch or two, if rats/mink it lasts good enough for a season or two.

I don't have a problem with that natural patina of rust on water traps-

[brendemihl77]

I just bought and mixed some driveway sealer. There were two types one had some elastic properties and I avoided that one. The one I picked was acrylic modified pourable crack filler by Sealbest. It was about 9 bucks a gallon at Menards. I read on the back the ingredients and that it cleans up with soap and water. It has asphalt, clay, polymer latex, and water. I mixed it with two parts water. I just stirred it and it was very bubbly and grainy. I dipped a number three longspring and I don't think it is going to be very good stuff to use. Just giving you guys a fyi. I should have just bought the latex or rustoleum products but they are kinda expensive. So I think I just made a nine dollar mistake.