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Offline sailordad

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Re: Cleaning Feathers
« Reply #15 on: February 01, 2011, 09:32:56 pm »
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« Reply #16 on: February 02, 2011, 12:45:08 pm »
When I used to tie flies they used to say put the feathers in a zippy bag and sprinkle with borax to keep the critters away.
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« Reply #17 on: February 02, 2011, 05:32:51 pm »
Blood is hard to remove sometimes, so I usually don't use the feathers with blood on them.  If I want to remove the blood, I wash the feather in warm water with dish soap, rinse with VERY clean water, and dry with a blow drier.  I don't like to let them sit and dry by themselves because they usually have to be steamed to get them back into shape... and that takes a lot of time.
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Offline Bevan R.

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« Reply #18 on: February 02, 2011, 10:50:05 pm »
Sounds like a plan except for one issue, no hair - no hair drier ;D
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« Reply #19 on: February 03, 2011, 12:26:13 pm »
   Mites only eat holes in molted feathers mosty. They feed off the live bird untill there food scorce is gone then there left with only the feathers to eat. Thats what a goose guide told me along time ago. Seams TO BE RIGHT. But I use the frezzer anyway.
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Offline sailordad

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Re: Cleaning Feathers
« Reply #20 on: February 03, 2011, 08:16:00 pm »
Quote from: crooketarrow on February 03, 2011, 12:26:13 pm
   Mites only eat holes in molted feathers mosty. They feed off the live bird untill there food scorce is gone then there left with only the feathers to eat. Thats what a goose guide told me along time ago. Seams TO BE RIGHT. But I use the frezzer anyway.


im gonna have to diagree with that BEING RIGHT

i have many many many feathers i have collected that are molted feathers
i find them near roost sites etc
i rarely ever use these feathers for more than display
they go into a clay pot that was made by indians up near Mile Lacs lake here in Minnesota
ive had them on display for many many years,not one feather has been eaten yet

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Offline Postman

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Re: Cleaning Feathers
« Reply #21 on: February 03, 2011, 10:00:29 pm »
Quote from: Stoker on February 01, 2011, 10:46:42 am
Babysitter I hired went to the freezer to get my two kids a freezypop and found a rattlesnake >:D
That cost me a few extra bucks
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hahahaha.... my wife has made amazing progress in her freezerphobia over the years.
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Offline Stoker

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Re: Cleaning Feathers
« Reply #22 on: February 04, 2011, 03:46:26 pm »
Try dabbing on hydrogen peroxide it'll clean a wound..Or hydrogen peroxide and vinager 50/50 dabbed on and pressed to dry will take red wine out of a tablecloth.
Postman somehow that led to my getting my own garage freezer  O:)
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