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Too Much Leather Oil?

Discussion in 'Beginners' started by TerraRose, Jul 6, 2013.

  1. Jul 6, 2013 #1
    TerraRose

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    Is it possible to have applied too much leather oil? I tanned a coyote puppy and his middle area is not drying and letting me stretch it like the rest, it's staying saturated with what seems to be oil. What can I do to remedy this? Thanks! :)
     
  3. Jul 6, 2013 #2
    DEERMEISTER

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    Wipe up the excess oil with rag.
     

  5. Jul 7, 2013 #3
    frenchydermist

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    I'm not an expert but i read that usually, the head and legs needs more oil that elsewhere because the skin is thicker on these area..the back and belly skin needs just a little oil.
     
  6. Jul 7, 2013 #4
    Mr.T

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    Never heard of that, who said that?
    This is a coyote puppy, the skin is paper thin, it doesn't take much oil to tan it, or after tan oil to help make it soft.
     
  7. Jul 8, 2013 #5
    TerraRose

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    Yeah I think I used too much oil, now it's saturating the skin and keeping it from drying. I think if I get some good cat litter it'll draw the oil out of the skin? Here's a picture.

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    You can see where the stretched white leather gives way to the part that's saturated in oil. If I drag my fingernail across the skin oil builds up.
     
  8. Jul 8, 2013 #6
    Mr.T

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    I bet that is fat or grease, and not tanning oil.
     
  9. Jul 9, 2013 #7
    TerraRose

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  10. Jul 10, 2013 #8
    frenchydermist

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    The breakthrought mammal taxidermy manual...page 45
     
  11. Jul 10, 2013 #9
    Mr.T

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    That still doesn't say "who".
     
  12. Jul 10, 2013 #10
    frenchydermist

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  13. Jul 10, 2013 #11
    Mr.T

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  14. Jul 11, 2013 #12
    ginevive

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    I was going to say that excess natural oils/grease in the skin were the culprit. This happened with a raccoon that I had not degreased properly.
     
  15. Jul 11, 2013 #13
    adbrooks8

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    As the original poster asked should it go back into a degreasing bath? And if so do you need to go back through the whole process of pickling and tan?

    I just did my first wall hanger raccoon and encountered the same thing. However I could tell it was grease. After I applied the oil and hung it to dry, I went to give it a stretch a few days later and it kind of sweated the grease to the surface in beads.
     
  16. Jul 12, 2013 #14
    TerraRose

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    Is it ok to tan it again after it's been tanned? He's been through the pickle, degreasing, then tan already. I'm no novice to tanning and this has never happened before that's why I was concerned. It's only on his middle area, the neck up and all the legs are unaffected. I want to avoid rehydrating to minimize the possibility of hair loss so I think I'll try my idea of totally filling him with a good quality cat litter and just burying him in it to see if it will draw the grease out. It seems to be going away slowly as I am able to stretch more of the leather than before and it is turning white.