bird's on spin cycle

[riverrunner]

   after degreasing on wheel I thought I would try the dawn "wash and rinse" method without the gas soak just to see for myself how well it would do. In the past I have tossed them in the washing machine on spin cycle (old washer in shop) -vs- in the tumbler to alleviate the cob and hardwood in the feathers. This time I waited for the wife to leave and I slipped them in her new front loading washer and let them spin. skipped the gas soak to cut out odor. After 5 min. the bird's were very close to dry only needed a little blow drying and no visible sign of oil. I was very impressed! That high RPM on these new washers really does the trick.This is now my new procedure, now I have to work ducks around my wife's schedule.
                                                                         Feelin' Ducky
                                                                             PAUL

[Heck]

What do you use to preserve the skin?

[riverrunner]

    That would be DP from your favorite supplier, preferably one that is flour consistency dusted on very heavy and then mount away.

[featherworks]

riverrunner, that's the same thing I've doing for about the past 2 months. I have'nt tumbled a bird about 3 years but I still use to do the white gas method. I went to buy some white gas about 2 months ago and decided I was not gonna pay $10 a gal for it, so I decided to try it without. I too have an old washer on my front porch and it does a good job at spinning out water. Last week I wanted to time how much difference there was in blow drying time between gas and no gas. I started drying a hen goldeneye at 11:40 a.m. and forgot to look at my clock when done drying. I went right to boraxing, wiring wings, inserting legs, sewing up, and posing her. When I finished mounting the bird, I remembered to look at the clock and it was only 12:32 p.m. I personaly have found zero negativeeffects from it, not to mention no harmful or flamable gas. I would urge everyone who does birds, to give this method a try.

Phil

[Pever]

Balls. Big ball holmes.  Not sure if mine are that big.