Pheasant clumps/skins (storing a bunch)?

[longears 0]

Now Termite , That was mighty nice of you to let those guys in on that!

I had to put a 3 burner apt. sized stove down in my barn for that reason. I'm in the process of looking for a 2 hole stainless steel sink for rinsing. I'm surprised that you don't "soak" your feathers overnight in a soapy (dawn,grease cutter) solution to get the oils off of the feathers. The dyes take better that way. But,I mostly dye duck feathers and what chickens I kill of my own.

[Termite 0]

I do wash all of my dyed materials, although not over night. I wash with Dawn dish soap in warm water and I rinse them in warm water with some white vinigar added. I'm building a barn this spring and it has a processing room in it for skinning, drying and dying......but for now I dye in the kitchen (when my wife is at work )

 

Mark

[Brian_A 0]

Ill be dying everything in the kitchen too. Ill keep you guys posted on the different things that I ruin in the process

[brian l 0]

do you plan on selling any of the skins or tails

[Brian_A 0]

I only have a few skins that Im going to keep. I have a bunch of tails though that I will trade someone for some materials that someone might be willing to part with. Ill have to figure out what I need. If you have extra of something let me know I might be able to use it.

[stuck-in-muck 0]

 

heres a good site that might be of some help.

 

http://www.uky.edu/~agrdanny/flyfish/petti.htm

 

jim