snare color
 

I was boiling snares the other day and wondered if adding a pinch of logwood dye would help the snare color. I like the snares to have a bit of a brown/tan color to blend in with the grasses and bushes. just boiled in baking soda leaves them that blueish grey color that doesn't blend the best. anyone ever used logwood on snares? would it slow them down too much?

Yes I have and it does not slow them down at all. The process I use is a quick boil with baking soda to remove excessive lubricant and shine, then a quick boil and soak in a light logwood crystal solution to provide a good light brownish twig/bark colouring look.

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The upper snare is the treated one. Click on pic to enlarge it.

I have used logwood. It works

dye
 

Whatever you do, don't use Speed-Dip. Gums them up something awful.

Throw in a handful of spruce bows when you are boiling your snares and it will darken them just like logwood.

This is truth, I find a little bit darker than I'd like though. Probably nice for the northern woods though.

I agree with the others.

I've used logwood dye without issues.

I even hear of people who dip their snares in some sort of whitewash to help them blend with a snow background, and apperantly that works too. But I've never tried it myself.

thanks guys. im going to give it a try next batch.

Iam currently using trap and snare dye now on my snares, very happy with the results. Short grass snaring can very challenging trying to blend in a snare.