taxidermy cleaning

[BCHunterFSJ]

What do you guys use to clean your mounts with? Mine are getting somewhat "greasy"... Are there any special products available??

[gamehunter6o]

What do you guys use to clean your mounts with? Mine are getting somewhat "greasy"... Are there any special products available??

I just vacume the dust off. As for the grease, might I suggest not hanging mounts in the kitchen. Also, big "fry ups" aren't good for the heart.:lol:

[high and to the right]

When ever one of my mounts gets dusty. I take that as a sign that I should go out and shoot a fresher one. lol

Never heard of greasy unless it is in the kitchen or a poor mounting job. I had a pig done (Black European Boar) which has very little hair and the taxidermist did a bad job so it looks and feels greasy. The good part was that he did it cheap. Dust is very common and a light vacuum (or reverse it and blow the hair to fluff it up) works well.

[northern]

It depends on what mounts you are talking about ,there are different ways of cleaning different species.

[ramcam]

Take a Swiffer duster and go lightly over the hair and it will lift the dust off nicely, works on all my mounts.

[newhunterette]

I just tell people the antlers are back in velvet when dusty hehehehe

I use swiffer duster on antlers and a light vaccum for fur in the direction of the fur not against it

as for grease - not sure what to use there

[Wild Images]

a cloth dampened with windex and wiped with the direction of the hair should do the trick.

[BCHunterFSJ]

Thank you, everybody! And yes, gamehunter60, I will avoid hanging my mounts in the kitchen from now on...

[MOWITCH SLAYER]

A warm damp cloth. Wiping in the same direction as the hair. Advice from my taxidermist . Hope it works ! I'd try hot water before i put any cleaners on your mounts.