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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Mechslasher on May 30, 2007, 11:58:14 am

Title: Snake Skins
Post by: Mechslasher on May 30, 2007, 11:58:14 am

i just purchased, by mistake, a pair of rattlesnake skins i believe have been tanned with glycerin.  i thought they were air dried.  what can i soak them in to make them stick to the back of a bow??

Title: Re: Snake Skins
Post by: Pat B on May 30, 2007, 12:40:45 pm

Chris, Try alcohol or acetone. That should remove the glycerin. You may have to repeat the soaking a few times to be sure all of the glycerin is gone.
  I successfully skinned a bow with a hide that had been cured with antifreeze but it was 20 years after the tanning when I backed the bow. I guess the glycerin had dissipated by then.    Pat