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Offline Prarie Bowyer

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Bleaching feathers?
« on: October 21, 2012, 01:47:18 am »
How is it possible to belach a feather white?  I have some black goose feathers and I'd like to make them speckled.  I'm thinking it might be neat to sprinkle them with a bleaching agent.... but what?
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Offline turtle

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Re: Bleaching feathers?
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2012, 02:20:00 am »
Never tried it yet but i did research it before. Seems that hair bleaching kits work best on feathers.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Bleaching feathers?
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2012, 05:50:09 pm »
I've tried using diluted laundry bleach (chlorine based) and failed miserably.  Not sure how Peroxide based beauty products may work.  Post your results, please!
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Offline JEB

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Re: Bleaching feathers?
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2012, 10:41:50 am »
bleach ruins about everything it touches.  I went down and put some 40% peroxide on a goose feather. Will  post the results for you later.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Bleaching feathers?
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2012, 04:02:06 pm »
Thanks JEB.  I appreciate you risking your feathers so we all can learn!   >:D
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Bleaching feathers?
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2012, 10:38:08 pm »
I've tried using the peroxide gel that I use for skull mounts.  It didn't do anything.  I left it over night.
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Offline Prarie Bowyer

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Re: Bleaching feathers?
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2012, 12:17:44 am »
Oh well.  I'll ned to find some ginuea foul feathers :-)
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Offline Tom Leemans

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Re: Bleaching feathers?
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2012, 12:11:41 pm »
People hand paint artwork on feathers all the time. Time consuming? yes, but you could control how it ends up.
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Offline Stoker

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Re: Bleaching feathers?
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2012, 12:47:11 pm »
Never whitined feathers with peroxide. Mostly bone and horn. It seems to work best in a rather stiff solution and warm. I use a pot and my camp stove on low simmer. Making sure the feathers are split first.
Thanks Leroy
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Offline gstoneberg

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Re: Bleaching feathers?
« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2012, 07:33:39 pm »
I always got my white feathers from my thanksgiving turkeys.  The butcher let me help butcher turkeys and I took all the primaries home.  Very hard work though.

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Offline Fred Arnold

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Re: Bleaching feathers?
« Reply #10 on: October 26, 2012, 09:52:19 pm »
I'll see if i can find pics although I may have deleted them. I tried spraying over the counter peroxide on wild turkey feathers. It turned them a reddish brown and seemed to dry up the natural oils. Wasn't happy with the results so I never pursued it any further.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Bleaching feathers?
« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2012, 05:00:53 pm »
 It would probably be easier to add gray poka dots to a white feather than to bleach out spots on a gray feather.
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