I had a customer come in yesterday wanting a full rug made out of his son's first deer. While laying out the hide for inspection I notice some slipping around the edges. That's when the guy tells me the deer has been in the refridgerator since last Saturday which was the opening day of youth season. First I tell him there's no guarantee because the slipping has already started. Then I flesh, turn, spray with Stop Slip, and salt heavily. What are the chances of this hide being O.K. . I made sure he now knows to get them in the freezer A.S.A.P., and He just wants me to do what I can. Any responses will be appreciated.
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its not going to stop until the affected area is bald, or close to it. Dont know about stop slip, I would like to see some in action though, to see if it really works.
Stop slip is for AFTER it is mounted when small slip spots show up during the mounting phase. It is like hair spray or light liquid glue that stiffens the hair after 24 hours of drying. It doesn't work before fleshing salting or tanning. It's not made for that. You need Stop Rot up front in this situation. These are two different products.
50% that it will be ok, 50% that it will not be ok.
If it's just a few inches of belly white on either side, just trim it off when rugging, it will have a better finished shape and nobody will see. You can also sew in matching white sides to make up for the lost area if you want to.
If the face or middle of the back or some other obvious place slips, hit them up for a new pelt or matching repair work; it's obvious that this was a hunter / storage issue (poor handling) - not your fault.
Could be from the incision. Doesnt sound like slip yet. Good Luck