I'm trying to figure out what the difference is between tanning a mammal and tanning a bird. Couldn't be that different. Looked in the archives, books, and chemical labels ... all say different steps. Some leave out pickle, etc. I muddled threw this pitiful little quail, and I guess it's tanned, but who knows? Glad my first mount wasn't this weird, I would have given up! I have transpar degreaser (does the smell ever go away?), skin prep, & bird tan. Can you use safety-acid on birds? Could one of you bird folks give me a general idea of the "steps" you use and what would work best for me.
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Skin, wheel, wash (degrease), dry, apply borax or DP, and mount. No need to Tan the skin
Tony
ditto to what Tony said. unless you mounting an ostrich....there really is no need to tan a bird skin.
jon
I live in a really damp, coastal area. I was worried that my mounts would pick up too much moisture, over time, and degrade. Wrong?
I doubt that it will be too much of a problem so long as they aren't kept outdoors.
Jon