My husband sent two bear hides to the taxidermy and they came back with a terrible smell. We have had the skins about 9 years and the smell is still as bad as the day the arrived from the taxidermist. Is there anything I can use to clean or spray on the hides to get rid of that chemical smell? Thanks for any help anyone can give!
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Carla, try using febreeze first,it usually helps,but if it doesn't there are stronger odor killers on the market.
Without seeing or smelling this thing, I fear making a judgement, but I know 9 years is excessive. There is no way any chemical, other than the tan preserving the skin, can be emitting a smell. There's an underlying cause of this. It sounds as if you have loose skins or rugs and not mounts. I'd take them to a QUALIFIED taxidermist and have them looked at professionally before I started any other treatments.