I have just pulled my coyote out of my alum tanning soulution and the fur on it is just sliding off. I am a beginer so I don't know what I did wrong. What should I have done to make the fur stay on?
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Joe did you follow a recent tanning formula, step by step ( available from taxidermy suppliers)? It should have gone something like this. 1.Start with a good specimen. 2. salt skin. 3. Air dry skin (optional but a good idea). 4. rehydrate 5. pickle in acid 6. nutralize after pickle.7. tan. 8. Wash and drain.
All these steps have to be done seperately and done well to get excellent results. It takes experience,time,trail and errors. You don't pull of a wedding cake on you first try at a mix. good luck.
just wondering, I didnt see you mention that.
I think you already mentioned salting.
if your pH was not low enough thats the problem.
I didn't pickle a coon skin I did and it was ok. Is dry salting just putting salt on it till it dries and when am i supposed to dry salt it?
... is the first step after skinning/fleshing. You salt it good, let it drain a day, shake off salt and resalt. Then let it dry hard. All this is supposed to make the fur stay on better. Afterwards, you rehydrate, pickle, neutralize, and tan.
I've tanned a few furs recently without dry salting and they have not slipped. I'm sure it increases your odds of geting a good result though.