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Cleaning Feathers
sailordad:
;D :D :D :D :D ;D
Stoker:
When I used to tie flies they used to say put the feathers in a zippy bag and sprinkle with borax to keep the critters away.
Thanks leroy
JackCrafty:
Blood is hard to remove sometimes, so I usually don't use the feathers with blood on them. If I want to remove the blood, I wash the feather in warm water with dish soap, rinse with VERY clean water, and dry with a blow drier. I don't like to let them sit and dry by themselves because they usually have to be steamed to get them back into shape... and that takes a lot of time.
Bevan R.:
Sounds like a plan except for one issue, no hair - no hair drier ;D
crooketarrow:
Mites only eat holes in molted feathers mosty. They feed off the live bird untill there food scorce is gone then there left with only the feathers to eat. Thats what a goose guide told me along time ago. Seams TO BE RIGHT. But I use the frezzer anyway.
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