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Title: how to get blood off white feathers?
Post by: richardzane on February 09, 2013, 09:04:54 pm

appreciate any help here,
have a buddy that was trying to get his wife to hold a turkey(White) tight while the head was lopped off,
but ,well, it got away from her and ....well the wing feathers got bloody. is there a trick to removing blood from white feathers?

Title: Re: how to get blood off white feathers?
Post by: TRACY on February 09, 2013, 09:55:31 pm

Rinse with water. If not, bleach water. Might be a unique barring if left to dry and fletched.


Tracy

Title: Re: how to get blood off white feathers?
Post by: Pat B on February 09, 2013, 11:49:48 pm

You can wash it off with warn soapy water then blot them dry and steam them to reshape.

Title: Re: how to get blood off white feathers?
Post by: Matt G. on February 10, 2013, 12:18:52 pm

X2 what Pat said.

Title: Re: how to get blood off white feathers?
Post by: richardzane on February 10, 2013, 12:27:24 pm

thanks guys,
i'll give that a shot! 

Title: Re: how to get blood off white feathers?
Post by: Pat B on February 10, 2013, 12:59:23 pm

Guess where I got that info, Matt!  ;D

Title: Re: how to get blood off white feathers?
Post by: Matt G. on February 10, 2013, 01:40:38 pm

Probably the same place I learned it.

Title: Re: how to get blood off white feathers?
Post by: Pat B on February 10, 2013, 02:26:11 pm

From you?  :o

Title: Re: how to get blood off white feathers?
Post by: richardzane on February 10, 2013, 08:37:52 pm

thanks,
dishwashing liquid and warm water seemed to take MOST of the blood out
but still some brown stains...old blood left on sure stains white feathers!

Title: Re: how to get blood off white feathers?
Post by: Matt G. on February 10, 2013, 08:42:13 pm

Try some hydrogen peroxide on the slots.

Title: Re: how to get blood off white feathers?
Post by: richardzane on February 10, 2013, 09:29:54 pm

thanks Matt,
i'll give that a try

Title: Re: how to get blood off white feathers?
Post by: mullet on February 10, 2013, 11:22:25 pm

If it doesen't come out, use it for the cock feather. ;)

Title: Re: how to get blood off white feathers?
Post by: richardzane on February 10, 2013, 11:47:43 pm

the peroxide helped remove a little more of the brown stain.

cock feathers? yep!    actually it was the plan anyhow,
a set of viburnum shoot arrows with bared (and white) with bronze points i had a friend of mine cast.
i'm enjoying these leaf shaped bronze tips...much easier to pull out from a round bale than points with barbs.

Title: Re: how to get blood off white feathers?
Post by: Matt G. on February 11, 2013, 12:17:54 am

Glad we could help a little. Got any pics of the points your using? Would love to see them.

Title: Re: how to get blood off white feathers?
Post by: Pappy on February 11, 2013, 10:27:20 am

I like blood on my feathers. I just dust them off when the blood dries and carry on. ;) ;D ;D
   Pappy

Title: Re: how to get blood off white feathers?
Post by: richardzane on February 11, 2013, 10:54:34 am

sure Matt,
 see:http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,36023.msg473512.html#msg473512

when i first posted these i was just starting with bronze, and they're great...though i haven't hunted with them.
the hole in the center allows the pitch to lock both sides covering the sinew.
i've experimented by putting a hole on either side (where a notch might be) it works ok....just harder to push wet sinew through small holes.
trying to avoid notches, edges that could snag hay.

Title: Re: how to get blood off white feathers?
Post by: Slackbunny on February 11, 2013, 11:07:52 pm

Ha, I have a hard time feeling any sympathy for you with blood all over your arrows.  >:D That's like complaining about a wad of cash that is too big to put in your wallet.  :laugh:

Title: Re: how to get blood off white feathers?
Post by: richardzane on February 11, 2013, 11:10:35 pm

HA!HA! I hear ya!....well in this case it was a hatchet job gone bad...:)

Title: Re: how to get blood off white feathers?
Post by: lowell on February 12, 2013, 06:03:00 pm

Quote from: Slackbunny on February 11, 2013, 11:07:52 pm

Ha, I have a hard time feeling any sympathy for you with blood all over your arrows.  >:D That's like complaining about a wad of cash that is too big to put in your wallet.  :laugh:

  Was thinking the same thing but.....Slackbunny said it better than I could have!! ;) ;D

Title: Re: how to get blood off white feathers?
Post by: bubby on February 12, 2013, 09:26:53 pm

I don't know about you guy's but I spend most of my time TRYING to get blood on mine