How to dry wash your fur. Super easy and inexpensive.
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- I this video I demonstrate how to dry wash your dried pelts using borax. This process will help to remove any grease and oils that have collected on the hairs to make your fur look the best that it can. This process is super easy and all you need is borax, a tray, and either a leaf blower or a shop vacuum to get started. Dry washing you fur can help to make your fur look the best it can for the buyers putting the best product out that you can to try and get the best price possible. Hope this helps.
Thank you for your video... I just bought a coat made from that kind of fur and it was made in the 1950's. The fur is still so soft and beautiful like new. I counted seven pelts it was made of. I felt a lot of gratitude for those animals that gave up their lives so I could wear a timeless beautiful coat. There is a sadness at the same time, it is almost a contradiction to love the animals and also love the coat they died to create. I thanked each one of the cats who gave me my beautiful coat. I will always think of them when I wear it.
Bobcat fur is incredibly soft, warm and beautiful. I am glad that you love your coat and understand that it is more than just a coat. I teach and pass on the hunting and trapping tradition to my kids and I teach them the reverence and respect to the animals that we choose to take. We always do our best to utilize as much of the animals as we can as well. Thanks for watching!
Back in the 1980s my father was a trapper. He targeted Bobcats mainly. He would catch around 150 each year. Leg hold traps back then and he had a huge trap line about 140 miles round trip mostly off road miles. When my dad got a Bobcat, he would skin it then wash the hide in a 5 gallon bucket with Dawn dish soap. And rinse all the dirt off first, then put it on a wood stretcher like you use. And hose it off really well. While on the stretcher. Then flesh it. Once the hide was dry and ready to come off the stretcher, he would brush it first with a wire dog brush. Then take it off the stretcher. Then fluff it by just shaking the hide. And they came out very clean and nice. Seems a lot easier than this borax method. Not that that doesn’t work, but you may be able to skip that step. Just some info from an old trapper from back in the day when fur prices were awesome. My dads best cats back in The day brought in $475 a pelt. Keep the good content up.
That's impressive. Sounds like a good way to go. May just have to give that method a try and see how it goes. Thanks for sharing and thanks for watching!
Yup I do the same thing with all my cats and coyotes to. Makes a big difference and makes them look alot better
Awesome info! My dad use to do this. Got a lot over the years
This is my second year trapping. Im really trying to work on my fur handling this year. I mostly do muskrat, raccoon, and skunk. I will definitely be trying this out this year.
If you have the chance to rinse the dirt and mud off before fleshing it is always helpful. The dry wash helps get all the grease out of the fur once dried. Glad you found this video helpful. Thanks for watching!
Last year. I would dunk in a bucket of water and then snap them out and maybe let them air dry for a bit before throwing them in the freezer then. A few days later would flesh and stretch. But i always was wondering what do do about those greasy hind areas. Thanks! Btw Im copying your cages this year. Thanks for all the help.
Yes, an improvement in looks. I wonder what the tannery thinks of putting Borax on the hide and fur. Interesting though. Worth two dollars or three from the fur buyer I would guess.
Wow, so many bobcats! Huge congrats, Mike! You seem to have a good luck on these cats. You said 11? That´s a fantastic number! And a great service for other hunters, keeping predators in check is so needed. I love to see the skins on your truck, it´s so funny, they are really covering such a huge car! How have you got such an idea? It looks like a huge fur blanket! I hope you got good prices for your pelts. There is still quite a good demand for bobcats by the fur industry, isnt it? And it seems you prepared the pelts perfectly. I really appreciate you share you experiences with the trapping community and try to advise everyone selflessly. You consider other trappers for your buddies, not competitors. You are a great man and you must have a huge passion for all outdoor activities: trapping, hunting, bird shooting, fishing... I admire it so much. Which do you enjoy the most? And are bobcats what earns you best money now? Do you have an idea how many animals you have ever dispatched, how many pelts you have ever tanned...? I am so glad to have found your channel, man! Have subscribed! Your channel is so underrated! I do wish you great luck with your hunting, trapping, with selling fur and with your channel! And much fun!
Thank you I really appreciate hearing/reading your input. I really enjoy all the Outdoor activities and I do my best to share the experience with everyone. I had a mentor who helped me get into hunting as a kid and I would always ask him how I could repay him. His answer was always the same. Teach someone else and pass on the tradition of hunting, fishing and trapping. I figured this would be the best way to reach a lot of people and do just that. Fur prices have been fairly good lately which is nice as it helps offset the cost of gas, traps, baits, Lures, fur handling supplies and other costs that come up. But at the end if the day I would do it anyway just for the enjoyment of spending time outdoors and passing it along to my kids and all of those who tune in. Thanks for watching!
@@OutdoorMike Thanks! Yeah, America has a admirable hunting tradition, you start hunting as kids with your fathers, so you gain a strong relationship with it. What do you enjoy most - hunting, trapping, bird shooting...? I am glad that the fur market is still surviving, despite all the mad animal right activists. I am interested in the fur industry, I have several hides as a wall decoration and I can imagine all the hard work behind it. It is not about just coming to your trap and dispatching the animal at all. And your costs must be high too. Yes, beginning with the gas... you must drive miles when checking your traps! I have always gladly paid the price for the hides, I am glad to support a little the men who have obtained the fur from nature. Best wishes to 23/24 bobcat season, sir! Has 22/23 season been the most sucessful? Or how many cats do you have for season usually?
@lukasbejcek8841 Trapping and hunting are what I truly enjoy. Hard to pick a favorite. My best season so far was 27 cats. I let 6 of them go they were just little ones so I had 21 keepers. That was the 21/22 season if I remember right. Looking forward to this upcoming season. Hopefully I will have plenty of fun catches to share.
I have old fur coats and shawls. Rats got in the storage and did some damage. I was going to repurpose them any ways. But they are going to need some deep cleaning first.
I'm building a Tumbler to do the same thing, with corn meal or a rough grade of saw dust. I like your idea of using Borax better.
These 55 gallon drum tumblers will only fluff the fur and get the oils out. A 8ft tumbler will do all of that, plus break the hide. For arthritic hands this takes out all the work, but shaving the hide. It would be nice to have the big tumbler, but where do you put an 8ft tumbler?
Great information
Thanks glad you liked the video.
Question
I want to make a rabbit fur blanket. How would I wash it if it gets dirty ?
That would depend on the tanning process you used. Most of the time I would recommend using a dry cleaning service that knows how to handle a fur blanket. Especially one like a rabbit fur blanket. Rabbit skins are not very thick to start with and I would be worried about damaging it
I guess I don't understand the fur industry methods. As a taxidermist for decades and a tanner, I don't know anyone in the tanning industry that prefers air dried hides? Salt dried is far more stable and safer during rehydration. And the first step in tanning is rehydrating, and degreasing. I think fur buyers are making folks do a lot of unnecessary work that was used back when hides were cured out in the wilderness. Just don't get it at all.
That's interesting. I had no idea. The fur buyers that I have talked to always said not to salt the hides. I wonder if it causes some other issues for them. Thanks for watching.
Just a wild guess as a newbie, but maybe the salt draws out more oil than necessary when making garment grade fur?
I heard someone at the fur sale mention some buyers don’t like power washed skins because too much oil is removed.
@@gjmauro12 could be? But I assure you salt is definitely used in the tanning process. It's something I need to look into further I just don't understand it because salt is a superior way of protecting raw hides. They can last literally for years without worrying about bug infestation, rehydration problems, etc. as a taxidermist I always wanted to get salt worked into the flesh side of a hide as soon as I could.
What is flushing?
Fleshing is removing all the meat and membrane from the inside of the hide.
CAN you do this with faux fur to clean it?
Never tried it.
Do you flip them
@@Trappingwithgavyn-ug9of what do you mean by flip them?
@@OutdoorMike once you put them on the board I’m saying what way do you put them on fur out or fur in at the first part once you board them
@Trappingwithgavyn-ug9of I board the fur side out. It is very dry in Arizona so by the time I am done fleshing them out they are dry enough to put on the stretcher fur out. Also I rub them down with borax before putting them on the stretcher to get any more of the last moisture.
Can I usé this metod to clean a fur coat?
Never tried it. But this method is really used to get the last of the grease out of the fur after skinning and drying. Probably would want to use a professional dry cleaning service for fur coats.
A fur drum with wood flour and a shot of varsol. Takes all grease out. Fluffs the fur.
It's on my to do list. I am hoping to get a tumbler built before next season. This is just a simple easy and inexpensive way for those who are just getting started to clean some fur without a bigger investment or maybe they just don't have the space for a tumbler. Thanks for watching!
do you dry wash coyotes too
Yes. I dry wash all my fur. Thanks for watching!
thanks have heard about cats but nothing else. thanks for the tip