MIXING DIRECTIONS FOR A LARGE DEER CAPE
(ALL MEASUREMENTS ARE VOLUME MEASUREMENTS)
   IN 2.5 GALLONS OF WATER ADD
   8 OZ. (1 cup) OF KROWTANN 2000
   64 OZ. (8 cups) OF SALT
NOTE: ALWAYS SHAKE UP KROWTANN 2000 BEFORE USING

BELOW ARE SUGGESTED AMOUNTS TO USE FOR DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS:
   LIFESIZE BOBCAT -- USE 1/2 OF ALL THE INGREDIENTS ABOVE
   ELK CAPE -- USE 3 TIMES ALL THE INGREDIENTS ABOVE
   LIFESIZE BLACK BEAR -- USE 3 TIMES ALL THE INGREDIENTS ABOVE
   CARIBOU CAPE -- USE 2 TIMES ALL THE INGREDIENTS ABOVE
   LIFESIZE COUGAR -- USE 2 TIMES ALL THE INGREDIENTS ABOVE

FOR BEST RESULTS -- FOLLOW DIRECTIONS
DIRECTIONS FOR USE -- Use only plastic containers. Always wear eye and skin protection (safety goggles and gloves). Use in a well ventilated area.

1. Rough flesh the skin, turning the lips, nose, ears, and eyes. Degrease oily skins before going on to step 2.

2. Mix up the prescribed amount of tan in a plastic container and submerge the skin and weigh it down with a water-filled milk jug. Put a lid on your container.

3. Leave the skin, flesh side out, in the tan for 3 to 4 days. Each day lift the skin out of the tan, and return it to the tan in a new position to ensure that the tan is reaching all parts of the skin. Always use eye and skin protection (safety goggles and gloves) when handling skins in solution.

4. Pull the skin out of the tan and wash the skin in clear water for a few minutes.

5. In a separate bucket put 1 oz. of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) in 2 gallons of water. Submerge the skin with a water-filled milk jug. In five minutes add another 1 oz. of sodium bicarbonate. In 5 more minutes add another 1 oz. to the solution for a total of 3 oz. and leave the skin in this mixture for 20 minutes. This amount is what is needed for a deer cape. For a bobcat use a total of 1 1/2 oz. of sodium bicarbonate in 1 1/2 gallons of water. For red fox use a total of 1/2 to 1 oz. of sodium bicarbonate in 1 1/2 gallons of water. Add the sodium bicarbonate in 1/3 increments every 5 minutes. Larger skins will require more and smaller skins will require less.

6. Wash the skin in Liquid Tide and rinse well in clear water. Then let it drip dry for 2 hours with the hair out.

7. Do your final fleshing at this time. Afterwards, if the skin is not soft and stretchy at this point, then re-neutralize the hide in a fresh batch of baking soda and water (step 5) for 5-10 minutes.

8. (optional) Shampoo your skin at this time with Krow-Soap.

9. The skin is now ready to mount or can be frozen to mount at a later date.

10. Slowly add baking soda to the tanning mixture to neutralize it before disposing of it.

TROUBLESHOOTING

1. The skin is not soft or stretchy. You have either not neutralized the skin long enough, or have not fleshed the skin thin enough, or your skin has become to dry and needs to be re-hydrated with clear water.

2. The hair is slipping. You probably had a bad skin to start with, did not follow step #3, or you over neutralized the skin. Using Krowtann 2000, slipping should not be a problem

3. Hair in my fox's tail is slipping. Either split the tail out all the way or I prefer to insert a cotton string all the way through the tail skin to act as a wick.

If the directions are followed correctly, your skin should feel like a wet dish towel and have good stretch. However, due to this product being used in conditions beyond our control, we make no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied. We suggest you try Krowtann 2000 on a scrap skin first.