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What is the best way to store feathers and fur? Glass jars? Plastic bags? How do you protect them from moths and other creatures? Moth balls? Cedar?
jayL
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I got some sterilite drawers, a few 8.5x11 3 drawer and a few smaller ones with 5. Maybe 25 bucks total at a big chain store, and I built a full tying station on my desk.
I have never seen a moth in my house, so I don't worry about it. I use freezer bags to store loose feathers or finer hackles.
I have never seen a moth in my house, so I don't worry about it. I use freezer bags to store loose feathers or finer hackles.
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I keep fur and feathers in individual bags then sorted- dry necks, wet necks and backs, small fur, large fur,etc.- in larger seperate freezer bags, then the whole mess in a large -3 foot square- zip storage bag which I periodically dose with moth crystals. Keep found remains quarantined for a good long while so as not to contaminate your other stuff. I've never seen a moth in my house either but I put my wedding/funeral suit on the other week and it was riddled with holes. nuff said
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Interesting.
I think that I haven't lived in the same place for more than two years (over the last 8) contributes to the fact that I don't worry about moths. Nothing stays in storage that long.
I'll definitely follow that advice when I get a more permanent living situation.
I think that I haven't lived in the same place for more than two years (over the last 8) contributes to the fact that I don't worry about moths. Nothing stays in storage that long.
I'll definitely follow that advice when I get a more permanent living situation.
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Ziplock bags, normally the ones the stuff came in.
I've got a couple of big Sterlite tubs I put everything natural in, and each one has some mothballs thrown in with them.
There's some Sterlite drawers on my desk that holds the synthetic stuff.
I've got a couple of big Sterlite tubs I put everything natural in, and each one has some mothballs thrown in with them.
There's some Sterlite drawers on my desk that holds the synthetic stuff.
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I've drawn plans for a, portable, walnut cabinet for my capes. The inside will be lined with cedar, dovetail joints with a piano hinge door. Cedar works for well keeping the bugs out but not as sturdy as walnut.
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Usually it's packaging.
If I get it from someone, ziploc freezer bags and in sterilites.
My desk is littered with them too.
The only bug I've ever found on my desk was a green drake I brought home to show my wife. I thought it was dead, but managed to craw away (without a head). I found it last week in a back corner of my desk.
If I get it from someone, ziploc freezer bags and in sterilites.
My desk is littered with them too.
The only bug I've ever found on my desk was a green drake I brought home to show my wife. I thought it was dead, but managed to craw away (without a head). I found it last week in a back corner of my desk.
