as soon as i move it ,it cracks and breaks. john
"Dr. Doug Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Don't give up so quickly, my friend. >There may still be hope. >Did you stretch it and stretch it? >Doug > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 8:12 PM >Subject: Re: [VFB] kool aid questions > > >> 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! >> > >> > >
