/ Register

  1. Welcome to Taxidermy.net, Guest!
    We have put together a brief tutorial to help you with the site, click here to access it.

.

Discussion in 'Tanning' started by Hudson, Jun 26, 2013.

  1. Jun 26, 2013 #1
    Hudson

    Hudson Guest

    //
     
  3. Jun 26, 2013 #2
    SMTMontana

    SMTMontana New Member

    15
    0
    Re: seeing how things are slow on here

    Hudson,

    What would you consider the most common mistakes when oiling? Skin to wet or dry, not enough, temp of skin etc. etc.
     

  5. Jun 27, 2013 #3
    ginevive

    ginevive New Member

    1,812
    3
    West Seneca, NY
    Re: seeing how things are slow on here

    Over time tanning things, I have learned that rolling the hide (before oiling) into a large towel and getting that excess moisture out (while keeping it moist enough to avoid the too-dry scenario that you described before) seems to really help the hide to absorb more oil.
     
  6. Jun 28, 2013 #4
    SMTMontana

    SMTMontana New Member

    15
    0
    Re: seeing how things are slow on here

    Will double oiling help with stretch? Sweat skin and reapply oil then sweat again? Seems like an expensive step if unnecessary.
     
  7. Jul 6, 2013 #5
    Das-Mimi

    Das-Mimi It's hard to live in CA and like Taxidermy...

    145
    0
    California
    Re: seeing how things are slow on here

    Well I guess that kind of makes sense with my deer tails... After buying 6 and getting only 1 back, (that's not tanning related, that's just someone who kept throwing them away or interfered with the tanning process...) my biggest tail only had the chance for some dawn soap and an oiling...

    Never occurred to me that it could take a second oiling... It's not super stiff but it's not satisfactory..