Northern Illinois Skull Cleaning & Tanning provides you with the whitest dermestid bettle cleaned skull and bone services in a timely turnaround. We accept skinned and unskinned skulls. We also offer antler, horn, skull and tooth restoration, coloration and replication services. New this year for taxidermists: wholesale prices for tanning. Our tannery offers skinning/fleshing/turning and salting service, wet tan, prepped skins ready for mounting and dry tanning available.
We are aiming for within a 90 day completion time on our tanning services. We have studied under Keith Daniels of Arlington Cape this past summer as well as having experience shaving and tanning skins the past 5 years for All-American Taxidermy. All skins are pickled, shaved and tanned with Lutan F, oiled then tumbled. See our price list for species we are accepting for 2014 season.
Call for questions and more information.
We are aiming for within a 90 day completion time on our tanning services. We have studied under Keith Daniels of Arlington Cape this past summer as well as having experience shaving and tanning skins the past 5 years for All-American Taxidermy. All skins are pickled, shaved and tanned with Lutan F, oiled then tumbled. See our price list for species we are accepting for 2014 season.
Call for questions and more information.
Services
Capes that are cut long for pedistals, short incision, or uncut leg holes are additional 25%.
Capes that we receive salted that do not have fully turned ears, lips, nose, etc - client will be notified and can be done here at an additional charge.
Any skins that we work on where we happen to make a skinning or shaving cut is repaired by us at no charge.
Prepped skins all have eyes, lips, and nose thinned by scalpel / skife knife and then dremeled and trimmed.
Ears are turned to the edges.
Capes that we receive salted that do not have fully turned ears, lips, nose, etc - client will be notified and can be done here at an additional charge.
Any skins that we work on where we happen to make a skinning or shaving cut is repaired by us at no charge.
Prepped skins all have eyes, lips, and nose thinned by scalpel / skife knife and then dremeled and trimmed.
Ears are turned to the edges.
Use a fine grade salt to salt skins on an incline so that fluids may run off from the skin and not puddle.
After 12-24hrs, shake the salt off the skins and reapply new clean salt-you may use a fan to help dry out skins.
Before the skins dry, hard-fold skins hair side in and skin side out and store in a cool dry place before shipping.
Lay skin out in freezer to cool off after skinning for several hours.
Before the skin freezes, completely fold the skin up hair side out / skin to skin and store inside a plastic bag inside your freezer.
After 12-24hrs, shake the salt off the skins and reapply new clean salt-you may use a fan to help dry out skins.
Before the skins dry, hard-fold skins hair side in and skin side out and store in a cool dry place before shipping.
Lay skin out in freezer to cool off after skinning for several hours.
Before the skin freezes, completely fold the skin up hair side out / skin to skin and store inside a plastic bag inside your freezer.
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