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Sunday, December 7, 2008
Preparing Your Deer Cape for Taxidermy VIDEO 2 OF 5
hey,rick your videos are great.A couple questions.cant seem to find the one step tanning cream and does it matter if the salt for drawing moisture out of a deer hide is iodised or not .thanks for being able to answer these questions for me.keep up the good work. chad email is southmoreland96@gmail.com
Chad: Check for "Krowtan" at the usual taxidermy supply houses; McKenzies, VanDykes, etc. I use non-iodized salt simply because it's cheaper than iodized. I get my salt in large bags at a local feed store. Thanks for the compliments. Good luck. Email anytime. - Rick
Rick, I let my hide hang for 3 weeks after salting. I rehydrated it with salt and dawn dish soap and water for 6hours then did the final fleshing. I have put my liqua tan on and now its hanging for the past 12 hours. is there any issues with this?
the lequa tan bottle tells me to let it hang for several days to dry but gives now instructions for rehydrating it. what is the best way to rehydrate it? Thanks for your help
Otto: You don't have to let it hang several days if you're going to mount it. After it hangs for a day, if you're not going to mount it right away, you can put it in the freezer. That way, you don't have to rehydrate it. If it's been hanging for a couple of days, take it down, roll it up and freeze it. You won't have to rehydrate as much. If it is completly dried out, you're going to have to soak it in water to rehydrate it. Then, mount. Soak until it gets soft. Email anytime. - Rick
hey,rick your videos are great.A couple questions.cant seem to find the one step tanning cream and does it matter if the salt for drawing moisture out of a deer hide is iodised or not .thanks for being able to answer these questions for me.keep up the good work. chad email is southmoreland96@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteChad:
ReplyDeleteCheck for "Krowtan" at the usual taxidermy supply houses; McKenzies, VanDykes, etc.
I use non-iodized salt simply because it's cheaper than iodized. I get my salt in large bags at a local feed store. Thanks for the compliments. Good luck. Email anytime. - Rick
Rick, I let my hide hang for 3 weeks after salting. I rehydrated it with salt and dawn dish soap and water for 6hours then did the final fleshing. I have put my liqua tan on and now its hanging for the past 12 hours. is there any issues with this?
ReplyDeletethe lequa tan bottle tells me to let it hang for several days to dry but gives now instructions for rehydrating it. what is the best way to rehydrate it? Thanks
for your help
Otto:
ReplyDeleteYou don't have to let it hang several days if you're going to mount it. After it hangs for a day, if you're not going to mount it right away, you can put it in the freezer. That way, you don't have to rehydrate it.
If it's been hanging for a couple of days, take it down, roll it up and freeze it. You won't have to rehydrate as much.
If it is completly dried out, you're going to have to soak it in water to rehydrate it. Then, mount. Soak until it gets soft.
Email anytime.
- Rick