Anyone else get complaints about your fly tying room "Smelling bad"?
my Parents complain a LOT about it smelling dead and has a "Dead feeling" when you walk in the room.
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Anyone else get complaints about your fly tying room "Smelling bad"?
my Parents complain a LOT about it smelling dead and has a "Dead feeling" when you walk in the room.
I keep my old stinky fishing & hiking boots nearby. Then the fly tying daed smell is not so noticeable.
Seriously, I keep some "raw" furs & feathers around, but you absolutely MUST ensure that they are kept in airtught containers (zip-lock bags, tupperware type food containers, etc.). I also keep a lot of cedar around (cedar chips and cedar balls and blocks). That will surely help. Smells way better than mothballs.
Maybe a bath once in a while...
If it smells dead, your tanning skills leave something to be desired. Or else you forgot a starling skin under the bed.
Try to locate the offending material and isolate it in sealed container with some borax to deodorize. If something is rotting you may just want to salvage what you can and then throw it out.
I just change my socks after receiving the complaint and I am good to go for another month or two :),,,
TomS,
Sometimes I buy material that still has too much fat (grease) on the inside of the skin. Place some folded newsprint (not the advertising inserts) to absorb extra moisture and grease. Make sure to be generous with the use of paper. After you remove the paper, throw it away. It cannot be recycled into napkins/paper towels after sucking the grease out of a cape or squirrel hide. :)
Ed
TomS,As a parent,you might want to clean up the room.
I have cleaned my room and have nothing rotting at the moment in my room, the smell is gone now :D
but what about the *Dead* feeling?
All you need to get rid of that is some good fishing! :D Luke
Or an exorcist.