I finised my mount and has a musky odor to it. Any suggestions on how to get rid of the odor or products to use? It is 10x less than what it was when it was killed.
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Needs a good washing with a GOOD soap. There is some lanolin in the hair I think (according to Bruce Rittel). It's in the archives, just type in "Smelly Goat"
I washed it three times with lemon scented dishwashing soap with a bunch of lemon juice added to it. I used a water hose to rinse it. Next I blow dried it. I then sprayed it with Neutra-Air (spray that's supposed to neutralize odors, not just cover them up). Doing all that got rid of about 80% of the odor. Tom
The soaps tom mentions tend to be citric acid soaps or detergents. A real soap with a higher pH will work far better. I use Epo-Grip Bloodout/Degreaser and then since with Downey in the rinse water. No goat smell on the last one I did. In fact, it smelled downright sweet.....for a goat.