[Nhcoll-l] hot vapour degreasing for skeleton cleaning

[Main, Michi]

Hi all,

We currently have several greasy cetacean skeletons and are looking into
the feasibility of setting up a hot vapour degreasing unit at our workshop
in British Columbia.  We have used this method with a proprietary solvent
several times in the past for cleaning whale skeletons and have found it to
be the most effective method we know of to completely clean these oily
skeletons without compromising the bone.

I am curious to know whether any of you on the list have experience with
setting up and using these systems or currently have a system set up that
is in use for this purpose.  This machinery is quite costly to set up and
intensive to run, so ideally, it would be great to somehow collaborate with
others who may have similar cetacean skeleton cleaning challenges.

Thanks,
Michi

Cetacea Contracting
www.cetacea.ca
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