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degrease Q

Discussion in 'Beginners' started by silvan, Mar 18, 2009.

  1. Mar 18, 2009 #1
    silvan

    silvan New Member

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    After I degreased a skin and tanned, it still felt greasy so I gave it a final fleshing and soaked it in degreaser a second time. The skin has now turned brown in the real thin parts and the base of the under coat of the hair is orange'ish color. Is that from being in the solvent to long? I thought I had rinsed it well enough!
     
  3. Mar 18, 2009 #2
    George

    George The older I get, the better I was.

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    Sure sounds like "flash burning" to me. What are you degreasing? If it's a snowgoose, you've smoked it.
     

  5. Mar 19, 2009 #3
    silvan

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    super solvent. If that is the case will it survive? it is a raccoon
     
  6. Mar 19, 2009 #4
    mark c

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    I use tanner degreaser on them just put it in the pickle. they come out good for me that way mark c
     
  7. Mar 19, 2009 #5
    George

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    The hair may be permanently yellowed. Not familiar with Super Solvent.
     
  8. Mar 19, 2009 #6
    TD

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

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    I use super solvent(Bruce Rittle's)and I have never had that problem.
     
  9. Mar 19, 2009 #7
    Paul B

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    A water base degreaser will not change the hide color. Rittles Super Solve Should be used after pickle and shaving, degrease for 1 hour, then tan. You might have had excess tanning liquid on the hide which would have rinsed off with water before mounting. Are the dark spots on the skin right after you degreased a second time or after you mounted it?
     
  10. Mar 19, 2009 #8
    silvan

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    I degreased for an hour before I tanned it, then rinsed and washed with tide. I had to freeze it for a week and then gave it a final fleshing and thinned it. The skin had a little fat around the base of the tail that I had missed during the first fleshing, it left my hands feeling and looking greasy. I returned it to the degreaser for an hour and 1/2 then rinsed and washed with shampoo. The dark spots seem to turn whiter when it is stretched real hard.
     
  11. Mar 19, 2009 #9
    Paul B

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    That is the color the skin will be as its drying, Streching or breaking the hide will make it a uniform color, nothing to worry about.