Anyway to slow or stop slippage after the deer has been mounted? Thanks
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I looked. Most of the articles were on home shipped tans. Thank you for your response
Yes Stop rot is quite the miracle elixer, but if you have a mounted and dried critter and hair is still loose and slipping I think your past the help of Stop Rot. By now you'de have to try Stop Slip which doesn't tighten hairs or stop decay. It merely acts as a sort of hair spray that bonds loose hair to firm hair. And dont brush.
Thank you. Where can I get stop slip? I have notified my tannery of this problem. Have not got it resolved as of yet. Now, the next question.....What do i say to my customer? Should I tell them to just be very gentle with it..hang it and see how it goes.....offer them a new cape and re-mount? Thank you for all your help.
G, If this is a deer that's been mounted say 2 weeks or so and is still dropping hair when you rub or brush it- stop brushing it. Checking for loose hair on a cape full of loose hair just pulls out more hair. Place in a very dry place and don't touch it for 3 weeks. You can run a fan on it if you want. Several years ago I bought a couple tanned whitetail capes out of Montana. They mounted up real pretty and shed hair like a couple of old hound dogs. I put them in my attic after the regular 2 weeks and left them another 2 or 3 weeks. Still the hair was not great but they were for a display I was doing so no customer was involved. After a few months I could brush as hard as I wanted and they were fine. I think that moisture gets trapped in the hair especially on very thick haired deer and weakens the skin at the hair root. Given enough time the skin will dry down and tighten up on the hair roots. As for your customer, I would just hold off calling him till you try the extended dry time. Good luck -Aaron H.
i had that problem on one deer i did when i first started doing deer. i talked to several other taxidermist and one gave me a good idea i have been using every since. i keep 99% rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle. as soon as i get the hide mounted, i spray the whole hide with a light mist and smooth it in by hand. no brush. then dont touch it for a day or two. it seems to help the hide dry faster and slippage is less if at all. again the best practice with the customer is to find out, when you take the deer in, how long it was before it got in the freezer. as a rule of thumb for me if it wasnt froze right away, i let my customer know that there may be a slippage problem. that way he is aware of possible slippage trouble and if something comes up your covered.
Can be found in most taxidermy supply catalogs.
We've had much debate over "the truth" in the past, so maybe it'll start up again here. I've been "pro-truth". But you'll be suprized who has been "pro-lie". Anyways... since you have a slipping cape and placing blame is nearly impossible I'd offer a re-mount if he pays for it. The slipping could be a direct result of his mishandling in the field (of course they never think so). If you treat your capes the same all the time without problems or have had good results from your tannery and this one failed then it appears that maybe the hunter is to blame. You shouldn't have to take the hit for that.
Thank you to everyone that responded. All of you have helped me out and given me great advice.
Thanks again!
I want to be a world famous taxidemist so bad.