Okay, first let me say that I have been through the archives and have seen varying opinions and methods for thawing, skinning, turning, and slippage on fox. So let me ask ....
I have a few fox and a few cats that I need to skin this weekend for full size mounts. I am planning on tanning these with krowtann and was originally planning on thawing, skinning, and then tanning with the krowtan. Then I realized I am out of Krowtan and had to order more, but it will not be here this weekend when I need to skin, so I was going to skin, salt and dry because this is the last couple days off in a row that I will have for awhile. I know that fox are extremely prone to slippage especially around the ears, eyes and feet and I know that these thin skinned areas wil thaw before the rest of the body.
I read that you can thaw in a pickle solution but I use either liquatan with the pretan #110 formula or I use krowtann, so I don't have a true acid pickle. Here are the chemicals that I do have:
Bascal S (A lot of it)
Stop Rot
Pretan #110
And I have a lot of salt! I would like to hear some recommendations of how you all would go about quickly thawing these animals out this weekend. Please keep in mind that I will still be wanting to use krowtan for the tan itself.
Please feel free to either post back here or send an e-mail. I appreciate any help in this matter and thank you in advance.
Asher
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I would apply stop-rot to the facial area and ears, then skin them and apply more stop-rot to the skin side of them, turn and split everything and then refreeze until you receive your Krowtann.
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What about thawing the animals in Bascal S, which in conjuction with salt and water, becomes a non-acidic pickle. I have read in the archives of people thawing animals in pickle solutions. I hve also read in the archives of people wanting to thaw n a salt water solution which I agree alone would not absoutely kill the bacteria which lies dormant in even a frozen skin.
What would the chemical interaction between the Bascal S and the Krowtan be like?
I apreciate you taking the time to respond to this post, as you can see I am really surious about thawing in the Bascal S solution, which acts as a pickle. I have moved this also to the tanning forum.
Thanks Again guys
Asher