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Offline bspeckchaser

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Tanning a snakeskin
« on: June 30, 2007, 07:46:03 AM »
Have a couple of large rattlesnakes frozen from last deer season.  Is there a simple way to tan them at home.  Want to give them to my grandsons.

Would like to keep it to a "do it yourself" job.
Thanks for any help.
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Re: Tanning a snakeskin
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2007, 06:09:55 AM »
good day to all. go to your pharmacy and get a bottle of glycerine. paint it on 2 times a day for about a week or so and after that about once a year. I have a 6 footer that is about 8 years old and is holding up well. if it is kept in a bright room the diamonds will fade but the skin stays soft. take care.........Bill
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Re: Tanning a snakeskin
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2008, 01:00:46 AM »
  What is done to the skin before you paint it with the glycerine? Anything?  Tacked to a board, scraped, salted, rinsed? I have one in the freezer that needs done and want to get busy on it.
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Re: Tanning a snakeskin
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2008, 08:07:44 AM »
Howdy, I apoligize for the late reply . combination of computer probs and 2 jobs and camping keeps me away from here for a while. All I did was skin it and stretch it on a board with pushpins , salt it a lil bit and put enuff glycerin on it that it soaked thru. Good luck.......Bill
p.s never rinsed cause I had cut the head off and bled it before I skinned it
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Re: Tanning a snakeskin
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2008, 09:25:28 AM »
I put mine in a 50 50 mix of glycern and alcohol in a jar they come out soft and supple and keep all their color.
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Re: Tanning a snakeskin
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2008, 06:43:33 AM »
 Thnks for the input, I'm gonna give it a try.
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