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boneaddict:
my living room.....minus the fish tank now.

Michelle_Nelson:
Well if this makes you feel beter great.  I use to use Dry Preserve on all my Deer and small mammals.  The 16 point and the Doe were mounted with Dry Preserve and I used the Bondo ear method.  D.P. works if you know how to use it.  The skin has to be thinned properly to thin and it will crack, to thick you could run into problems with the hair falling out because the hide takes to long to dry.

Have you ever cut the horns off of a deer and left that patch of skin and hair on the skull cap.  After about a year or 2 you go out and try to remove that hide and hair?  PAIN in the BUTT.  The skin dries to the form in the same manner.  It is not going anywhere if don't correctly.

I TAN ALL my capes now!  The main reason is I have a longer working time with the hide and I don't have 10 tons of powder all over my shop.  Their are also a lot more pluses but to many to mention.

boneaddict:
I used the Larry bollman tan for awhile, then switched to the Mckenzie tan.  Both seemed to work pretty well for what I do.  the main reason I quite with DP was the company I went through had legal troubles then I couldn't contact them any longer and I stopped getting their catalog.  Who knows if they even exist now.  I like the feel of the regualr tan better anyway.  It does take quite a bit more time.

Michelle_Nelson:
Was the company you mentioned called Dan Chase Taxidermy Supply?  If so than they are still in buisness.

I use D.P on all my small game.  Their skin is thin and it works great.  I don't know a whole lot of taxidermists that tan their small mammals.  I use Best Maid Dry Preserve from Touchstone Taxidermy Supply.  Theirs is the best on the market.  I have a 5 gallon bucket full in my shop. 

Send me your address through PM and I will send you 3 or 4 pounds it will be enough to do 4 or 5 critters.  I will also send you 3 or 4 pounds of Powdered Borax.  Mix it with a box of 20 Mule Team Borax and your in. 

The 20 Mule team alone is good for Fish but I don't care for it on hides to course.  I will mix it with the powdered borax and it makes it go a lot farther.

I use the borax for fleshing.  After I wash the critter I add the D.P.  DON'T use the Borax on and hide you want to tan.  it will mess up the pickle big time you will never get the pH right.  Borax is like Baking Soda it will Neutralize the pickle.

boneaddict:
Do you do birds.  I've used borax on my birds for when I am using it jsut for fly tying.  Yes it was Dan Chase. Thank you very much for the offer.

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