I have a dozen new ones I have been using since november. The oil is off of them now and they are lightly rusted. I will paint them before I put them away for the year. In the past I used rustoleum rusty metal spray paint.
It is more to keep the rust under control, the first coon you catch will remove most of the paint or dip.
Spray paint, logwood dye, speed dip all work well.
Originally posted by Cornfed:
Got a handful of DP's from the wife and kids. Do you guys treat (dye, wax, boil in baking soda, etc.) your new DP's before you put them in a set? With the lack of deer I have seen this year, I am going to skip the doe hunt and make my first sets, tomorrow.
