Tanned but ears not turned.

Submitted by scott on 05/01/2003. ( ) 159.53.32.46

I have a customer that brought in a tanned wolf hide that he would like to mount.
The problem is:
It was already tanned and the ears where never turned.
Anyone have any words of wisdom, advice, tips and tricks on how to re-hydrate then spit and turn these with out tearing them up.

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Rehydrate using a good clothes softener

This response submitted by George on 05/01/2003. ( georoof@aol.com ) 205.188.209.8

Make sure you sweat at least 24 hours in a fridge. Then very carefully, by hand and with scalpel, open the ears gently. You'll have sore fingers and you still risk the chance of losing hair on canid ears,but it's the only way.


Windex

This response submitted by Bobby on 05/20/2003. ( raholland1@aep.com ) 161.235.198.51

Try injecting the ears with windex then start to turn as they soften
this works well with freezer burned ears as well


Thanks Bobby..........

This response submitted by Eddie the Stuffer on 06/09/2003. ( ) 24.224.174.226

I'll try injecting Windex on into freezer burned ears next time....
Thanks again !
Ed


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