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rabbit skins

  • 24-10-2012 1:36pm
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    jap gt
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    going to make a few rabbit skin dummys for training the pup, what way do ye go about curing out the skin, salt etc,


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  • #2
    J.R.
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    jap gt wrote: »
    going to make a few rabbit skin dummys for training the pup, what way do ye go about curing out the skin, salt etc,

    If you can get some borax and rub it on the skin it is immediately cured......no more to do with it, just let it dry naturally.

    Borax was readily available in every chemist up to a few years ago.....but not now as it is an ingredient sometines used in bomb making!!!!!

    You may be lucky to find a chemist who will sell some to you....a 100gram tub costs about €1.50........sometimes vet suppliers have it.

    Salt tends to draw the moisture out of the skin....it can also be used....lay the skin flat & coat with salt (inside of skin only..flesh side).

    The next day shake off that salt (it will be damp & lumpy) and coat skin again with another coat of salt and place it somewhere where it can dry naturally.....usually a week will do it...you will know it's cured as it will become hard and stiff.

    A salted skin tends to go very hard when cured but that won't bother you really if its to cover a dummy......if it's too hard & not suitable then rub it over & back across a beam of wood...like you would polish / shine shoes. This will make it soft & pliable....the more you do it the softer it will get.


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