I think I did cook it. I heated the bath in the microwave for 2 minutes, to just about boiling, then put in the rabbit and put it back in the microwave for 1 minute, let it cool then in for another minute. From what your saying tap water is only like 120-125 degrees, thats a 100 degree difference, oh well i have some great dubbing, i probably ruined the feathers though.
john bradley robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >john you must be very careful not to cook the skin if the water is hotter than off >the tap the skin will get cooked it is not neccessary to get the skin real hot at >least not with rit dyes im not sure bout your koolaid dying but i have done rabbit >with rit in warm water and i have used a hair dryer on the fur also you must >restretch the skin again this actually tears the fibers in the skin and breaks it >down again water will cause the fibers to swell if you do not stretch skin during >drying proccess you will get rock hard skin ,stretch it, pull it, and crumble it, >also rubbing it over a hard edge will work as well but the skin must be worked during >the drying procces. >brad > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Hare conditioner, hhahahah good one deb, and its not even > past 9:00 yet. Seriously folks I do not know what I did wrong, the skin dried out to > the point if i move it it cracks, I will not be able to do anything but make dubbing > out of this stuff, but that is okay. > >john > >"Deborah Duran" wrote: > >>What's that..... � �Hare conditioner??? � �Sorry I couldn't let this one >>pass... � :0) >>Deb >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Joyce Westphal" >>To: >>Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 7:45 PM >>Subject: Re: [VFB] kool aid questions >> >> >>> I think that if you will very carefully, from the wrong side, rub some >>> vaseline into the hard skin of the rabbit that it may soften up again. Try >>> it on a small piece and see. I have also used hand lotion. There is a >>> leather softener which I used to get from Tandy Leather, when they were >>yet >>> around, which made it supple again. So, since you have nothing to loose, >>I'd >>> try rinsing the whole thing in lady's creame rinse with conditioner, try >>> vaseline, try a good lanolin hand lotion such as corn huskers friend or >>any >>> lanolin prepartion you can find. Joyce >>> >>> >> >> >> > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! >
