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Offline Adam

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Moths in taxidermy. What to do?
« on: November 28, 2012, 01:01:02 pm »
I have a boar head in my house that I started to notice a few hairs had started dropping out.  When I looked closely, I found what looked like dead moths in the thickest parts of the fur.  I vacuumed them out and sprayed some bug spray in it and the problem seemed solved.  That was about 2 weeks ago and now I'm noticing the same thing again.  I don't have moths flying all over the house and my wife keeps our place really clean, so I'm not sure how it happened. I just took the head outside and used an air compressor to blow everything out and put it in a chest freezer.  Does anyone have any idea of what I can do to prevent this from happening again?  There hasn't been much damage done to the mount, but I want to keep it in good condition.  It's not an exceptional boar or anything, but it was my first big game animal and I'd hate to see it ruined.  Thanks!

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Re: Moths in taxidermy. What to do?
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2012, 02:00:02 pm »
I don't know if this applies to fur but I was told by a Taxidermist to use a feather duster and spray it with WD-40 and dust my turkey mounts monthly to keep the dust and bugs from the feathers.
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Offline Adam

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Re: Moths in taxidermy. What to do?
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2012, 04:34:22 pm »
I'll have to give WD-40 a try.  Thanks!