Treating wings, skins and things.

[christy27]

Bit of advice please. A fellow forumite is sending me some Woodcock wings that have not been treated. What do I treat them with and how? Where do I buy the necessary treatment powder, oil, spray whatever??? Are there different treatments for different things i.e. wings, pelts, tails ect ect?

It's not to far off roadkill season around here, give it another 6 weeks and it will look like the Somme on the main road. Shame to waste it all.

Any advice most welcome-thanks.

Chris

[emerger1981]

scrape them clean of fat/flesh add borax then dry..

[the stig]

Originally Posted by christy27

Bit of advice please. A fellow forumite is sending me some Woodcock wings that have not been treated. What do I treat them with and how? Where do I buy the necessary treatment powder, oil, spray whatever??? Are there different treatments for different things i.e. wings, pelts, tails ect ect?

It's not to far off roadkill season around here, give it another 6 weeks and it will look like the Somme on the main road. Shame to waste it all.

Any advice most welcome-thanks.

Chris

Due to working in Pest Control i find the best way to treat wings is get a zip bag some insect powder put both in bag leave for a couple of days as this will kill of any feather mites and any thing else then just shake powder off as for skins treat hair side with dog fly spray again this will kill of flies,mites,bugs
make sure all meat is off skin then just leave to dry out loft is best place for this hope this helps and its cheap
cheers Bert

[christy27]

Thanks. Any idea where I buy borax?

Anyone know if there is a book on this sort of thing anywhere?

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Originally Posted by the stig

Due to working in Pest Control i find the best way to treat wings is get a zip bag some insect powder put both in bag leave for a couple of days as this will kill of any feather mites and any thing else then just shake powder off as for skins treat hair side with dog fly spray again this will kill of flies,mites,bugs
make sure all meat is off skin then just leave to dry out loft is best place for this hope this helps and its cheap
cheers Bert

Thanks Bert. I was replying to above when your post came in. Sounds simple enough to me-thanks.

Chris

[emerger1981]

Originally Posted by christy27

Thanks. Any idea where I buy borax?

Anyone know if there is a book on this sort of thing anywhere?

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Thanks Bert. I was replying to above when your post came in. Sounds simple enough to me-thanks.

Chris

you should get it from ebay for a few quid mate

[thedeadskunk]

Originally Posted by christy27

Thanks. Any idea where I buy borax?

Anyone know if there is a book on this sort of thing anywhere?

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Thanks Bert. I was replying to above when your post came in. Sounds simple enough to me-thanks.

Chris

Any chemist should sell borax powder.

[busbiegaz]

total agree with the stig , av had skins and wings of him and there all been fine

plus the guys that got free deer hair of him would tell you the same

[Fishtales]

This might help.

FAQ - Processing Fly Tying Materials at Home

I have used Borax or salt to dry the wings.

[the stig]

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