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Post by riverrat on Oct 18, 2007 9:47:29 GMT -5
I am not in to fish at all so I am in need of your help, I do not know if you do or do not degrease fish, If you do not please excuse my ignorance. If anyone can help with questions regarding fish please forward them.
Question for Today What degreaser do you use on your fish?
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Post by jwj4856 on Oct 18, 2007 12:25:12 GMT -5
I usually degrease fish pretty much the same as ducks, if not real greasy just soak dawn and water but if a real greasy fish i will soak for a short tiem in white marine gas then in the dawn and water solution, then I preserve in a 50/50 mixture of denatured alcohol and water.
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Post by circleh on Oct 19, 2007 0:54:16 GMT -5
I don't do hardly any fish but the ones I have worked on I have soaked in dawn.
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Post by fishhead on Feb 3, 2008 21:53:11 GMT -5
The last fish I degreased was a pike,and I used Cactus Jacks Duz-all. I thought I would have had some oils come out but nothing. Guess it works.
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Post by mrs on Feb 4, 2008 7:58:51 GMT -5
I use mineral spirits for an overnight soak on big trout and salmon and it works. I also know that Bollman's degreaser does a super job, but one needs to follow the directions to the letter.
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Post by cecil on Feb 6, 2008 23:27:13 GMT -5
I use mineral spirits for an overnight soak on big trout and salmon and it works. I also know that Bollman's degreaser does a super job, but one needs to follow the directions to the letter. Ditto. I perfer mineral spirts as it works good for me and it also is not as dangerous as gas products. Maybe move the skin one time in the time it soaks but no need to really agitate it. Here is my procedure that works for me: First of all I only degrease trout and salmon, bowfin (dogfish), carp, northern pike and musky. The rest of the freshwater fish I find it's unnecessary to degrease. Second of all, times for degreasing very depending on the thickness of the skin, or type of skin. A think skinned small brook trout I will only degrease for a few hours as it's possible the skin could break down. Same goes for a bright chromish salmonid caught in the Great Lakes in the summer. All other fish I soak overnight. The next day the skin is drained over the sink and them agitated slightly in a few inches of cold water sudzed up with Dawn dishwashing liquid. I move the skin around and soak for a maximum of 15 minutes. Next the skin is rinsed in clean water and soak in a borax solution. Nothing else. This is what I do with all my fish skins. I don't measure the borax that goes into the water but if I had to guess it's about 6 oz. per gallon. Again with the thin skinned small, and chromish summer salmonids I only soak for a few hours just as with the mineral spirts. All other fish soak overnight. If I am not going to mount the fish skins when the soak duration is up, I roll the skin in a freezer zip lock bag and freeze until I am ready mount.
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