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Thanks for the direction and suggestion
Henk
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Subject: Re: [VFB] New materials
On 29 Apr, 2004, at 3:01, David Colyn wrote:
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Hi All
A mate of mine came to visit last
night, after he'd heard that I'd tossed my
motorcycle down the highway,
this last Sunday. It was more to take the
mickey out than anything else
:~) And rub salt into the road rash on my
butt. Anyway, he brought around
some Guinea fowl wings and a bag of Egyptian
goose breast feathers from a
bird shoot he went on while I was getting more
closely acquainted with
the tarmac.
Two questions for you:
One: how do I treat these
"fresh off the bird" materials so that they do not
infest the rest of my
materials with nasties?
Freeze, nuke (microwave), or
fumigate. Freezing will not kill all potential infestations, nuking may
seriously contaminate your MW oven, fumigation (using a volatile
organophosphate, or a pyrethroid) is dangerous. Personally, I would opt for
fumigation.
For kicks, you could start by hanging the material over a
bowl of water and marvel at the stuff that collects in the the bowl. This was
the way an arthropod researcher I once met collected ticks from road
kill...
Two: Any tips on dyeing the Egyptian goose, I've not tried
the dyeing route
and this pile of barred, greyish to bronze feathers
seems like just the
thing for me to start on, seeing that I'm not going
to be doing anything
outdoors sporty for at least two
weeks.
Get AK Best's book on dyeing. Or start with picric
acid -- real easy if you can get it.
Henk
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