Degreasing Red Fox

Submitted by Travis on 03/20/2004 at 18:14. ( travisd@ipa.net ) 63.190.80.236

Has anyone degreased a red fox with the Kemal-4? Instructions say 5 ounces kemal, 5 gallons of water, and 1 quart of kerosene or coleman fuel. It says to degrease several hours. With foxes being so common to slippage, I am afraid of leaving it for too long. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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This response submitted by Linda C. on 03/20/2004 at 18:28. ( ) 64.33.183.182

About the only time you'd need to go to those extremes degreasing a fox is if you soaked it in bear fat.A good washing in Dawn and a good rinsing is all that is necessary.


I`m with Linda

This response submitted by Travis on 03/20/2004 at 20:06. ( ) 68.102.253.173

I soak them about 5 minutes in dawn then I throw them in the krowtan..


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This response submitted by eric on 03/21/2004 at 01:27. ( beartrapman@webtv.net ) 216.114.124.121

i don't like dawn because it tends to bleach whiter the natural fur colors. that's just my opinion.. i think you really do not need to degrease a fox at all. you run a big risk of fur slip. and foxes think about it. are mostly lean fast and nervous too.
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This response submitted by Mike Quinn on 03/28/2004 at 15:45. ( redfox@nook.net ) 12.44.98.3

You have to see a western alaska redfox skin. Fat as a pig. Requires alot of scraping and probably some degreasing.


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