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Offline DQ

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Oily carp skin problems
« on: August 15, 2012, 10:08:06 am »
I have carp skins which are still leaking oil after about a week of drying. I put them on fresh.  Just fleshed 'em out good, washed them in dish soap (not Dawn) and glued 'em on with TBIII.  I don't recommend this method!  I don't know if I can ever put a finish on this bow.  Any suggestions will be appreciated.  Thanks.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Oily carp skin problems
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2012, 10:19:28 am »
Dawn "cuts the grease!" Its the only one that works that way. I left mine between paper towels for several weeks as well. They turned a nasty yellow color after sucking it all up.
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Re: Oily carp skin problems
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2012, 10:25:11 am »
Can you get them off without tearing them up,if so I would do that and clean like
Pearl said.That is about what I did.
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Re: Oily carp skin problems
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2012, 10:28:19 am »
If they are stuck down hard you could leave them be and just take it outdoors to the hose and scrub them with Dawn and scrub brush. Let it sit for a few days and dry back out. It should be fine. I like the shellac idea for a pre-sealer sealer.
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Offline seabass

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Re: Oily carp skin problems
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2012, 01:19:48 pm »
Timo has a great thread on caring and appying carp skins in the how-to section.hope this helps.i have one of his carp skinned bows,it looks awesome.
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Offline Cloudfeather

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Re: Oily carp skin problems
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2012, 06:01:22 pm »
I put mine on fresh as well, can't recall what soap I used to clean 'em. They leeched oil, so I put them out in the sun for a day. Throughout the day, as they leeched oil, I took the oil off with acetone. At the end of the day, they were dry as a bone. Took some poly finish quite nice.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Oily carp skin problems
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2012, 10:01:28 pm »
White sidewalk chalk will soak grease stains out of silk without harming the material.  Maybe that might work on the crap skins.
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Offline DQ

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Re: Oily carp skin problems
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2012, 10:43:27 pm »
Thanks for the ideas, guys.  They're glued on tight.  Guess I'll let the sun do its work then acetone 'em.  Next time I'll take better care of them before I glue them on.
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