Anyone wash their bird skins in denatured alcohol?
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I will sometimes use it to immerse small birds in prior to skinning them because I believe it helps (slightly) to set the feathers on iffy specimens. It also keeps the feathers out of the way while you work if you move fast enough and/or re-apply it occasionally.
Otherwise, I don't see much use for it. It won't remove blood or oil stains at all so it's useless as a wash.
....As my last wash, just to displace the water and toughen the skins on very thin skinned birds, like wood ducks and ruffed grouse. They only go int it for a quick rinse(under 5 min.) and then on the the tumbler. When I finish with it I can add it to the fish skins, try that with white gas.