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wax types
Sept 22, 2014 18:30:30 GMT -5
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Post by justin1985 on Sept 22, 2014 18:30:30 GMT -5
Does flake wax generally have the same melting point as the brick wax? Im looking to buy a 50# bag of flake to wax traps at $2? A pound versus $3.50 a pound for brick form. Does anyone have experience with this?
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wax types
Sept 22, 2014 18:52:26 GMT -5
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Post by countryboynwco on Sept 22, 2014 18:52:26 GMT -5
I do believe flake wax is for waxing dirt, and brick wax is for traps. Not a 100% sure on that maybe not !
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Post by traphead2 on Sept 22, 2014 18:52:37 GMT -5
do yourself a favor and just buy the trap wax....if you use the flake wax your gonna have a mess on your hands and just end up buying the trap wax anyways
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Sept 22, 2014 19:35:34 GMT -5
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Post by rusty on Sept 22, 2014 19:35:34 GMT -5
I melted up 20 lbs of flake wax that was left over from last year into my pot. The wax got hard and was a solid brick . I had no problem what so ever.
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Sept 22, 2014 21:22:17 GMT -5
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Post by justin1985 on Sept 22, 2014 21:22:17 GMT -5
My thoughts exactly.......
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Zagman
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Post by Zagman on Sept 24, 2014 10:27:32 GMT -5
According to my local candle manufacturing guy where I get my wax, its all the same stuff.
You are paying for someone melting the wax and putting it into those puny little bricks that trappers supply houses sell, and thus the higher price per lb. Puny......yep, I said it.
I waxed some traps this weekend, and when done, I went over to my FLAKED wax bins and just added about another gallon or so of material to my wax pot. Same stuff.............
MZ
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Post by yotetr011 on Sept 24, 2014 13:32:44 GMT -5
Zagman, who made you the wax guru?
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Zagman
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Post by Zagman on Sept 24, 2014 13:51:20 GMT -5
Years of working in a wax museum....they want their statues to be anatomically correct, so that's where I stepped in........... Since you've made all of ONE post to date, perhaps you'd like to add your three cents? MZ
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Post by tmc on Sept 24, 2014 16:42:46 GMT -5
My guess: marshrat! No, no no... just kidding.
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Post by imlvt on Sept 24, 2014 21:06:31 GMT -5
"Years of working in a wax museum....they want their statues to be anatomically correct, so that's where I stepped in..........."
Now that there is down right funny and I ain't looking just spend most of my time listening !!!!!!
Best thoughts imlvt
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austinp
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Post by austinp on Sept 25, 2014 5:45:14 GMT -5
lol... wax is wax, guys. Why do trappers insist on over-thinking every little detail of the trapping process? Is butter in those little foil patties served in restaurants different than 1lb bricks sold at the grocery store? Butter is butter.
The only way wax differs might be paraffin versus beeswax, then we're talking petroleum versus honey molecules. But in general they differ very little.
After decades of using beeswax or paraffin or both blended for traps, I don't like the way it smells or feels any more. So I prefer not to use it but will as a last-minute resort to treat canine steel. In that case, about any type of melted wax will do. Never saw any real difference afield when using them all.
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austinp
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the next fur season is never far from our minds :)
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Post by austinp on Sept 25, 2014 5:46:55 GMT -5
Years of working in a wax museum....they want their statues to be anatomically correct, so that's where I stepped in........... MZ Von said if you had used him as the live model, you would definitely need more wax than average.
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Post by Lonny Mattison on Sept 25, 2014 5:49:16 GMT -5
Imagine if we all had a wax Von in our fur sheds!
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Post by RLMcoyote7 on Sept 25, 2014 7:54:07 GMT -5
Imagine if we all had a wax Von in our fur sheds! Wax Blue would be perfect....would not take up a lot of room in fur shed.
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