I am working on my first deer my father in law said I could use to practice on he never took good care of when he killed it and I am getting some hair slippage while skinning can I put stop slip on it after I tan it or before or throw away and start with better deer.
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If you're getting hair slippage already at the skinning stage sounds like that cape's a gonner. Don't frustrate yourself from the get go. It could get very defeating. Try another cape. Stop rot is for use prior to tanning. If you think you have a questionable cape, apply it with a spray bottle liberally and rub it in in critical places like behind the ears, around the eyes and mouth etc. Then work the cape then salt.
If you going to use it then DON'T use a spray bottle. Atleast that's what the directions will tell you. It explains this, use a paint brush for it.
Also being it's a play cape it's ok to try it but if your slipping a whole bunch then chuck it.
if it's slipping bad, just chuck it. Better yet, practice on fleshing, splitting lips, turning ears, eye lids, etc. If you make a mistake it will be no big deal but you will learn a lot from cutting it up. I've found that the scalp is the last place to see slippage and try to save them for antler mounts before I chuck a cape.