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reassurance for your dreameater who also acts like a dog sometimes
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Salt/Borax drying
Preservation of small tails, feet, wings and other various specimens using salt/borax I Personally use this method a lot when preserving a variety of items for jewelry use or for my own home collection. You will need - Salt ( i usually buy a few boxes for good measure) You will want to buy enough to completely submerge whatever you want to preserve - Borax ( again i buy a few boxes) you will also want enough to submerge your specimen - a container that can fit your item(s) and hold a good amount of salt ( tupperware, boxes…etc) - A dry ventilated space - aromatic dry herbs ( optional) - and patience.
1) After you have harvested whatever it is you wish to dry, clean off any meat or fleshy bits sticking out of the severed point ( if you are working with a tail, clean up the base where you cut… same for wings, heads and paws) - If you are working with a head, i would suggest removing the brains so you do not get ANY decomposition or odor. You can remove the brains by using a small forked piece of wire ( any thin sharp object ), poking it up through the base of the skull( through the hole in the atlas bone or where the atlas bone connected to the spine) and scrambling the brains until they are able to be scooped, sucked or dripped out. Once most of the brain matter is removed, fill the cavity with a combination of salt and borax.
2) make a mixture of borax and salt… i usually use one box of borax mixed with one box or container of salt ( if you want to add aromatic herbs you can, i usually mix a bit of dry cedar)
3) take your mixture and pour a layer to the bottom of your container ( about half inch - inch )
4) place your specimen(s) inside. Make sure if you are drying more than one specimen, they do not overlap one another. - if you are drying wings you can take needles/tacks to pin them in am open position so they dry out stretched <3 -You can also pin feet in whatever desired position you would like to dry them in
5) pour in the rest of your drying mixture (salt/borax) over the specimen(s) until they are completely submerged
6) leave to dry in a well ventilated space for a few weeks, the larger and more fleshy your item(s) the longer you will need to let them sit. - squirrel tails/ bird wings and smaller feet i leave for about 3 weeks ( i exchange the drying mixture around week 2 to keep it fresh, but that is not fully necessary)
Heads i leave for 4+ weeks, again depending on size… - small bird heads = 3 and a half - 4 and a half weeks - squirrel heads = 4 and a half to 5 and a half weeks - goose heads or any similar size i leave for 5+
* if anything is salting longer than 3 weeks i exchange the drying/salt mixture to ensure freshness and make sure no odor will set in.
The timing for drying are just what i have found to work for me, the times can increase or decrease due to climate, humidity and environment. I live in a very humid, damp place so drying can take much longer.
7) once your items are dry ( you can tell when they are firm and have NO moisture left) you can brush off any salt/borax with a old tooth brush or even your fingers. If you notice any odor i would allow it to air dry in a well ventilated space for a few days and then soak it in a dry bath of aromatic herbs (cedar, clove, flower petals, mint… etc) You can also use smoke to help with odor, all you do is allow any smoke or fumes to further dry/ absorb into your specimen by burning cedar, incense or other wonderful smelling things near or under it.
I am in no way a professional at preservation, these are things i have discovered through trial and error and have worked well for me through out my various projects. Also note i am horrific at explanation/spelling, so if these directions have been confusing in any way, feel free to message me and i will try to correct/fix it.
Here are photos of some items that have been cured/dried using this method.
Hope this helps you all <3
I want to try this someday
Curing With Borax And Salt.
Instructable by: wolftea.
Been getting lots of curing questions.. there are posts under my DIY projects link with dry preservation and wet preservation but i figured why not do a more simplistic rambling post on home mummification. You can cure pretty much anything you want with borax and salt… from animal hides to small rodent feet….from full bird capes and skins to entire heads. Depending on what you are curing, your climate and your curing environment the process can take as little as a couple weeks to as long as a year. Right now ive got a bunch of natural remains in various stages of curing and completion, Since our move to the rainforest environment of the washington woodlands, usual curing time for me has almost doubled thanks to the perpetual rainfall and humidity ( which i LOVE!) One thing that has been such a perpetual inquiry is how long certain things will take to cure, always remember it depends on size, how much flesh and fat it has, your environment and curing set up. Hot dry places will have a faster curing time opposed to more warm wet environments… moisture tends to provoke the decomposition process so when you are curing in a wet humid environment its best to go a bit overboard with the borax/salt and exchange it out every couple weeks so the moisture doesnt stay contained within the curing solution and flesh… dry environments dont necessarily need to exchange out the curing solutions as frequently, mostly when replacing the borax/salt solutions in drier climates its for odor prevention rather than moisture prevention. Another thing to keep in mind is the size and amount of flesh…. little mice feet,bird wings, small bird feet,smaller tails and the like, take only a couple of weeks to fully cure, this is because they dont have much flesh for the curing solution to soak and extract through.
* when curing, always make sure your curing container is able to breath… last thing you want in any climate is a closed container with fleshy bits trying to cure in something that will sweat condensation… Ive done that a few times with mason jars and mice… leading to a bunch of condensation so when i opened the jar there was a nice pop,hiss and a smell you wouldnt believe.
For larger feet like cats,dogs,deer,raccoon etc will take quite a bit longer since there is a much thicker amount of flesh for the solution to work through… for anything larger than a raccoon paw… it helps to rub the borax or salt solution under as much of the skin as you can or make a small slit down the center to fill and rub down with the solution…. you can even skin what you are curing and rub the skin and flesh down before sewing and putting it back together… every bit helps when mummifying.
How can you tell your piece is done curing? Well personally i wait until ALLLLLLL moisture is gone from the flesh and limbs are no longer flexible.. I find that leaving even a hint of moisture within flesh even if its been cured , can leave a strange odor….. so to keep safe and make sure there is no odor or possibility of future decomp, i cure until everything is dried, stiff as hell and flesh is hard to the touch
Another common question is odor…. odor can come hand in hand with mummification… alot of it depends on how fresh your remains are when you start the process, moisture and general upkeep. The best thing for me when trying to keep odor down is to always mix in cedar sprigs, burn cedar, layer the curing container with cedar or even pine or use cedar and pine as a stuffer for creatures that have been gutted…. cedar is a great bug and pest repellant,it is a wonderful aid for mummification ( especially when burned or ground and mixed into the solution or rubbed on the flesh) as well as carrying great magical properties that are beneficial for working with remains. After the curing process you can take your remains and hot box them with cedar smoke to further mummify and allow it to absorb the very sweet woodland aroma of burning cedar… same for pine, rosemary and various other plants. If that doesnt take away your odor you can repeat the smoke process a few times, air dry, sun dry or give a dry soak in some loose leaf teas/herbs…. Lavender/clove/cinnamon/dried citrus peels/ dried rosemary/rose/mint and pretty much any other aromatic herb would be great for a dry herb bath!
Home preservation and mummification is a cheap affordable way to collect mementos of fallen souls and keep their memory alive.
You can get as technical or intricate as you like or keep it basic and simple. Rubbing skins with honey and resin, burning herbs to dry and cure, using the sun to naturally mummify, using salt, using borax, using alcohol, formalin, cornmeal, teas, barks so on and so forth. There are endless possibilities for curing at home.
Please keep in mind that i am NOT a professional when it comes to these things, i am self taught so my ways of preservation may be much different than the professional taxidermist and curator
Below A curing container with full racoon head. The container is nothing more than 2 plastic potting containers lined with sprigs of cedar and pine, then filled with borax and salt
The racoon head after a few weeks in the solution, notice the eyes, nostrils and even the mouth have all been filled and packed with borax and salt.
Next curing container is a plant drain tray, again filled with curing solution and sprigs of cedar. This little tray has about 30 small pieces curing, from mouse heads, to tails and feet, from raccoon paws to squirrel bits.
photo below shows 2 small rat heads, a back raccoon paw, to back rat feet, 1 forward paw and tail. looking in the container you can see the partial squirrel head, more rat heads, tails, paws and small cedar pieces.
The rat feet and tails are about done, the raccoon paw will need another couple weeks and the heads will probably need another week if not 2.
Photo below A plate filled with rodent skins, skins have all been rubbed down with salt and borax and then placed on a plate with a layer of old coffee grounds, layer of borax, layer of salt and of course some cedar. The coffee grounds are experimental for odor control and pest repellant.
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