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Post by frozenokie on Aug 14, 2011 23:44:53 GMT -5
I have a doz. 650's that I dyed,they had a light coat of rust on them when I did it,but now they are rusty again. Was my dye not strong enuf or did I not leave them in it long enuf they were in it for 1 1/2 at a slow simmer. Now do I need to boil them in clean water to clean them up some or can I just throw them back into the dye pot with some more logwood dye? Thanks for any help and if this is in the wrong spot can a mod move it
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Post by haydenmekeland on Aug 15, 2011 1:27:15 GMT -5
IMO= if it was me clean them up get the rust back let it colect a little more rust then it did when you did it the first time so the dye will stick on better boil them in the dye for 2/3 hours better off putting the ezxtra time cleaning and redueing it other than just wasting dye for it to fall off.
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Post by Larry Gene Pate on Aug 26, 2011 21:19:37 GMT -5
Yeah mine did that last winter and I will let them rust a little more,then dye and wax,I love those traps!!!Larry
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Post by minifoxer on Aug 27, 2011 9:19:13 GMT -5
Frozen okie:
Did you just dye these traps? How long before the dyeng proccess did they start to rust?
Did the traps come out nice and black? I tried just dying once, and before I knew it they were rusting all over again. I just let the trap obtain a very very light amount of rust, I dye in a pretty strong solution, usally a bag of log wood dye and a back of black crystal dye in about 8 gallons of water.
I let them in at a slow boil/high simmer and leave them in for about 30 minutes. After that, I hang them up untill the duy drys, then I wax them promptly.
I think the wax is really the ideal protector! (I quit using the white trap dip, and started using the Pete's best wax, found in F&T, which appears a yellow color, works MUCH better!!)
I dont even think rusting traps is that important. Just degrease and wax! Also, the only reason I allowed a very slight rust on my traps was only because then I knew I had properly degreased them.
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