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Post by huckleberry on Nov 7, 2007 19:11:14 GMT -5
I am about to go directly against what I have said for years. I am not washin any fur anymore. Only the bloody spots and real muddy skins will get washed out. Why? Cause I had two buyers tell me this year that I am losing money by washing them. A quick dip and slosh in a bucket of water is fine......gettin them as clean as I have been doin...takes away from them!!!! I was bull headed and had to be shown...I WAS!!!!! Take a greasy coon off a beam and one that was cleaned and washed as I have done mine. The difference is amazing!!!!!!!!! The "dirty" coon will feel much heavier and thicker than the clean one. That is the first thing a buyer looks for. When he or she picks up a pelt they feel how heavy it is......then run their hands along the fur......a dirty coon will feel thicker haired than a washed one.....and weigh more too.............anyone can tell the difference!!!!!!!!
Tumblin them won't hurt ya.....actually gettin them clean will hurt ya ...............
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Post by Earl8656 on Nov 7, 2007 22:04:21 GMT -5
Geez hawk, my buyers know the difference between dirt and a heavy pelt.....lol....most of our coon get a good bath when they are caught, the ones that don't are usually sandy, and if you don't wash them out u will cut a hole fleshing, nothing worse than fleshing a sandy coon.
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Post by rossshooter on Nov 14, 2007 11:43:08 GMT -5
when trying to dry coon furs after washing, run through newspapers, not color ones, reg b&w. it soaks up the water quick and drys quicker.
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Post by Earl8656 on Nov 14, 2007 22:37:53 GMT -5
I usually skin em wet and then take em outside and whip em out real good by grabbing em by the nose and snapping them. then I will bring em in,flesh em, comb em out while hanging from the nose by the stove, in about 1/2 hour they will be dry enough to stretch.
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Post by flyman41 on Jan 20, 2011 16:29:13 GMT -5
I am new here and fairly new to putting up my own fur.(3yrs) and I, like pinchedfingers does , use a little something extra aometimes to help flesh and dry up fat. I use a little 20 mule team Borax to help. Watch your drying times on fur out animals as it will usually dry them a lot quicker.
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Post by trapper7 on Jan 20, 2011 17:00:09 GMT -5
I would guess that borax would work especially well on the coon's tail, as that always seems to be the greasiest part of the hide and hardest to get de-fatted.
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Post by flyman41 on Jan 21, 2011 1:38:12 GMT -5
A taxidermy friend turned me on to it. In reading on the forums I have frequented the past few years he was not alone. Seems lots of people use it for drying grease and helping out with the drying time. Coon Tails are a perfect part to use it on. I think the guys who do a lot of cats really like it.
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Post by huckleberry on Jan 21, 2011 12:15:08 GMT -5
Borax does help dry furs....but be careful with it. To much and it will "burn" the leather from what i have been told. I used it alot when doing deer hides. And still use when i tan or make buckskin. But it has to be accordingly.
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Post by flyman41 on Jan 21, 2011 14:23:32 GMT -5
Yes it most certainly will cause you problems if you use too much. I should have mentioned this. Sorry. I ripped a real nice cherry red fox one year because I burnt the belly and scraped too much. I didnt realize it and when I turned her inside out she ripped all the way to the armpit.
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