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Topic: Dyeing fur??
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Kokopelli
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posted November 30, 2009 03:59 AM
Since the (south-west) coyote fur market is circling the drain this year, I'm thinking on putting the Miss Clairol hair color to a few for decoration out in the Man-Cave. A couple of jet black & maybe a pale blonde one should look pretty good in the weight pit. (I have a really bizarre work-out room; kind of a cross between a dungeon & a Stygian Temple)
So......... Does anybody have any insights as to the do's & don'ts of putting hair color to fur???? I'm not planning on having the fur tanned; just stretched & dried.
Thanx!!!!
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Leonard
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posted November 30, 2009 01:31 PM
Be careful, don't get any of that dye on Santa's beard.
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Cdog911
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posted November 30, 2009 04:33 PM
Why don't you want them tanned? They'll last forever, and a bit more than they will just in the raw, and if you're wanting to go to all the trouble to dye them, why not?
As far as the initial question, check with a hairdresser. Some years back, a stylist friend of mine offered to dye all the non-white parts of a bobcat purple prior to mounting just to say that we did it (K-State Wildcats color). We never did get that done.
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Tim Behle
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posted November 30, 2009 05:45 PM
You might as well get them tanned, or they will be full of bugs by summer. You can get some cheap and easy home tanning kits from trappers supply houses. I used to use one that was real easy, and smelled like Sassafras. I think they even put the smell in the Ads. I can't think of the name of it, but if you call a trapping supplier, they could tell you by the description.
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