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raccoon still feels greassy!

Discussion in 'Beginners' started by silvan, Mar 17, 2009.

  1. Mar 17, 2009 #1
    silvan

    silvan New Member

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    I used super solvent degreaser then tanned my raccoon, just finished the final fleshing. My hands looked and felt greasy. should I degrease the skin again? There was some fat I scrapped off the tail after it was tanned.
     
  3. Mar 17, 2009 #2
    code6202

    code6202 Active Member

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    If it's still greasy then yes degrease again. Otherwise the hair won't be too fluffy when you mount it.
     

  5. Mar 17, 2009 #3
    TD

    TD My GGG Grandfather John "Tanner John" King b 1820

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    I always degrease raccoons before the tan and after the tan then give them a good wash with Dawn dish washing soap..................
     
  6. Mar 17, 2009 #4
    Dean

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    If you scraped fat off the tail, I'm thinking there may be fat on other areas as well. Tanning normally won't penetrate fat so Try to flesh it again and degrease it again. Then I'd run it through you tan another time to make sure the tan has penetrated all the way though the hide.
     
  7. Mar 17, 2009 #5
    silvan

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    I found a little bit of fat in the tail and in the toes, it wasn't much so I feel confident that the Tann took. But to be on the safe side I will re-degrease and wash. The skin is for a coon skin hat with the head slightly puffed out on the front rim. If anyone has some pointers for me to make this it would be apprecheated.
     
  8. Mar 17, 2009 #6
    hillbillyhounds5

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    Ive wanted to thy making a coonskin hat for a while now but never tried.How hard is it to make
     
  9. Mar 17, 2009 #7
    silvan

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    This is my first so I can't really say. It sounds easy enough, but i bet it wont be! I will post pics in a couple of days.
     
  10. Mar 18, 2009 #8
    Dean

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    Hats aren't hard to make once you get a system down. My son started a small business when he was 13 through 18. He trapped, skinned, tanned and would sew hats and mittons and sold them on line.