Question for those that trap

This is a question with several answers.
The reason for dying traps was originally for camouflage and somewhat rust prevention. Wax is for speeding up the action, rust protection and odor control. The reason for purposely rusting new traps is because they won't take dye with factory oil and shine. Now days, some guys still dye and wax, some use cold dips and some simply paint traps and leave them outside for a while before setting. I switched to cold dipping in the spring/summer then letting them soak in the creek for a few days in the fall,then just leave them hanging outside until I use them. Life/family has ended my trapping from about 15 years ago until about 4 years from now. I still look at them hanging in the building and say "we're going to be in business in a few years", LOL. The trapping bug never goes away.