workinforwood
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Since reading the thread on Bruce's problem with his snake skins, I have to ask a related question and didn't want to post it there and thus hijack the thread. I grabbed some frozen pythons for him to add to his casing fun from one of my work related customers. I ordered a tanning kit, a 2 part kit, one part for drying I'm guessing of course, and one part is an oil for softening. I kinda got the jist on what to do to remove the skins from the bodies by reading around the internet. What I'm wondering is if I should use the softening oils? Some of you guys say you make your own tans, snakes, fish and whatnot...do you use the oils to soften the skins or just skip that step? Or, should I use the oils and let him know what is the oils so that he knows how to clean them? I'm just kinda guessing though the thread and the one persons microscopic research that the oils prevented the alumilite from sticking to the skins and then maybe the alumilite shrunk a bit pulling away from the skins. I realize pythons are supposed to be easier to cast, but anything I can do to make life easier and increase yield is a plus.