cleaning duck skins?

[ducksdoom12]

the white belly on the duck i just finished skinning has a decent amount of blood on it.
what is the best way to clean the feathers on a duck skin?

[Michelle_Nelson]

You need to ask WCTaxidermy.

[Kuduman]

I normally clean  bird skins 3-4 times in Dawn Deergent. If there is blood on white feathers like a snow goose make sure there clean before tumbling. Wash rinse and repeat until clean.  You can also do a final wash with a fabric softener to shine the feathers before finishing with white gas or regular gas

I'll draw some critiques with this but I'll wash in gasoline (outside the shop) before tumbling I like the job gasoline does in displacing water and acting as a grease cutter. Some will say that gasoline is dangerous and I would agree that in the hands of a moron anything is dangerous. That's why all gasoline work is done outside in an open air environment NEVER inside.
Tumble and your all set.
Good luck.

Jeff
A.K.A Kuduman

These are my techniques and are not for everyone.

[BLKBEARKLR]

I normally clean  bird skins 3-4 times in Dawn Deergent. If there is blood on white feathers like a snow goose make sure there clean before tumbling. Wash rinse and repeat until clean.  You can also do a final wash with a fabric softener to shine the feathers before finishing with white gas or regular gas

I'll draw some critiques with this but I'll wash in gasoline (outside the shop) before tumbling I like the job gasoline does in displacing water and acting as a grease cutter. Some will say that gasoline is dangerous and I would agree that in the hands of a moron anything is dangerous. That's why all gasoline work is done outside in an open air environment NEVER inside.
Tumble and your all set.
Good luck.

Jeff
A.K.A Kuduman

These are my techniques and are not for everyone.

OH MY GOD YOU USE GASOLINE??   SHAME SHAME!!!!!!!!    White gas is so much better       

[ducksdoom12]

well, i got it all fleshed out and cleaned    thank you turkey slayer, and kuduman for helping me figure this part out.
the first pic is before i cleaned it. you can see the huge blood stain under the wing that i was worried about.
and the second pic is afer i cleaned and dryed it. i think it turned out pretty good so far, especially for my first attempt at a mount:IBCOOL:

[Kuduman]

Ducksdoom:
 Holy Crap you didn't say it was a merganser. I would have told you to soak it in Gas then throw a lit match on it  
You do realize that a merganser is not a duck....... It's a rat with wings 

Glad it worked out  if you need anything else just post it up

Good luck

Jeff
A.K.A  Kuduman

[ducksdoom12]

Ducksdoom:
 Holy Crap you didn't say it was a merganser. I would have told you to soak it in Gas then throw a lit match on it 
You do realize that a merganser is not a duck....... It's a rat with wings 

Glad it worked out  if you need anything else just post it up

Good luck

Jeff
A.K.A  Kuduman

lol ya and fatty SOB's too. took me 2 hours to get all the fat off of it and then i had to wash it like 12 times before it water stayed clean!  i figured it would be a good bird to start with though cuz if i screw it up i really dont care

[elkaholic]

HOLY SHI!   A Merganser. I am looking fwd to the finisgh product. what did u use to flesh out?

[ducksdoom12]

i used a small wire brush. took forever!!! there was a good quartar inch of fat on the whole thing!  Ill post up pics when i get it done.