raccoon pelt

[gary04]

Wondering what should I do .   I have a raccoon that am just making it into a pelt to hang on the wall.  I have washed it  then did a rough fleshing on it to remove most of the meat and fat.   After that I use Krowtann tanning solution and then rinsed it and neutralized it and then washed it in clear water.   Even after that there was still fat on the hide and I tried to flesh again by hand.   I don't have a machine to do it on.  Am having  alot of trouble getting the rest of the fat off  so I washed it again in dawn but the fat is now just a thin layer.  Do I just keep working at it by fleshing it by hand.   I read on some tutoriials that they use coleman fuel to remove the fat is this adviseable on a coon.   

[Pinebear]

You need a commercial degreaser like Lipasolve 55 on coons, especially on large coons. You can only shave off so much fat on coons but then their skin is still full of grease that needs to be drawn out with a degreaser...and dawn won't cut it.

[xtpoz]

I use a pressure washer.   Works great.  3300 psi with turbo tip will clean a coon hide in about 7 minutes if that.  I still wash and degrease with coleman fuel.

[mr.T aka mr. friendly]

You need a commercial degreaser like Lipasolve 55 on coons, especially on large coons. You can only shave off so much fat on coons but then their skin is still full of grease that needs to be drawn out with a degreaser...and dawn won't cut it.

I concur,,dish soap is for dishes, a tannery degreaser is needed to do the job right, and it needs to be agitated out, just dipping the skin in like washing dishes is not enough. It will take a day or two in the degreaser pickle.