- Aug 29, 2016
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shushu
Senior Member
Im looking for recommendations on someone to tan my alligator hide. I'm not wanting anything fancy. Just preserved so I can put it on the wall for display. Any idea on cost on doing this? I just got a price and it seems very high. Gator was 7'4". Guy wants 500 to do the hide. And 350 to European mount the skull. Are they fair prices?
- Aug 29, 2016
- #2
DeweyDuck
Senior Member
Wow. lotta bucks for a seemingly simple tast.
- Aug 29, 2016
- #3
LonePine
Senior Member
I killed a 9' Saturday night. Most of the Taxidermist that I looked at for a Euro mount were in the $250 to $350 range. Dropped mine off on Sunday and the guy that I am using is charging $300.
Think I'm going to use American Tanning and Leather in Griffin to do the hide. They charge by the cm and mine will be in the neighborhood of $325 for a belly tan. It does have to be fleshed and salted before they will accept it. Most taxidermist are in the $50-$75 a foot range for the tanning. I looked into doing it myself and is a pretty extensive, time-consuming process. It can be done but I figured it is easier to pay someone that knows what they are doing.
- Aug 29, 2016
- #4
RJ Trapper
Member
Check out Sebring custom tanning in Sebring Florida, they are the most reasonable I have found.
- Aug 29, 2016
- #5
Larry Young Jr
Senior Member
sounds good to me. for the Hide.
- Aug 29, 2016
- #6
b rad
Senior Member
shushu said:
Im looking for recommendations on someone to tan my alligator hide. I'm not wanting anything fancy. Just preserved so I can put it on the wall for display. Any idea on cost on doing this? I just got a price and it seems very high. Gator was 7'4". Guy wants 500 to do the hide. And 350 to European mount the skull. Are they fair prices?
I did mine for 30 bucks from a YouTube video
- Aug 29, 2016
- #7
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shushu
Senior Member
Do you happen to remember which video you went by to do your hide?
- Aug 29, 2016
- #8
b rad
Senior Member
Borax and a wire wheel or you use glicorine and rubbing alcohol equal parts and soak it I believe a week and stretch and tack it down
- Aug 29, 2016
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- Aug 30, 2016
- #10
Larry Young Jr
Senior Member
How hard was it to flesh it??
- Aug 30, 2016
- #11
watermedic
Senior Member
Pressure washer is the easiest way to flesh it.
- Aug 31, 2016
- #12
biker13
Senior Member
White Stag does skulls by the inch
- Aug 31, 2016
- #13
mallardk
Senior Member
AmTan
I have had 3 done by American Tan out of Griffen, all were between 6.5 to 7.8 ". Last one cost $271 and it looks like it should be hanging in an Italian leather shop, they do awesome job but takes almost year to get back. I had first one done in Dark Chocolate, the next in "nicotine and last one in Italian gold, Nicotine is my favorite.
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- Aug 31, 2016
- #14
mallardk
Senior Member
Gator wallets
Will only let me do one pic at time , here are some belts I had made from the nicotine colored hide i had American tan do. I also had about 4 wallets , 4 gym wallets and several credit card/money clips made up.
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- Aug 31, 2016
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- Sep 1, 2016
- #16
Dep6
Senior Member
Sweet
- Sep 1, 2016
- #17
DSGB
Senior Member
mallardk said:
I have had 3 done by American Tan out of Griffen, all were between 6.5 to 7.8 ". Last one cost $271 and it looks like it should be hanging in an Italian leather shop, they do awesome job but takes almost year to get back. I had first one done in Dark Chocolate, the next in "nicotine and last one in Italian gold, Nicotine is my favorite.
Had mine from a couple years ago done in Nicotine by Am Tan. Did you make the stuff yourself or have someone make them for you?
- Sep 2, 2016
- #18
GT Whitetail
Senior Member
You can soak it in denatured alcohol and then nail it up and let it dry out. I am working on the finishing touches on my alligator rug and used this method. If your just gonna mount it on a wall and don't care how soft it is there is a cheaper alternative to this with salt and acid bath.
GT
- Sep 5, 2016
- #19
bowbuck
Senior Member
biker13 said:
White Stag does skulls by the inch
He did mine and my fathers for no where near the prices quoted here. I had mine dipped as well and they both came out awesome. Check him out on Facebook for good pics. I have no relationship to him just a happy customer.
- Sep 19, 2016
- #20
oaky-woods-8-pointer
Senior Member
Can someone pm me the contact info for White stag
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