Anyone ever done this? Can you get decent oil from a mink? How do you go about deodorizing?

Do you just boil the mink fat for a while and collect it?

I collect badger and skunk fat and turn it into oils it would take a lot of mink to get a gallon of oil. Crock pot is what I use you will get a lot of fat that separates but the oil will go to the top over time.

I think you could try, it doesn't take much for a boot rub down.

A lot of articles on google about mink oil coming from the belly fat of actual mink.


So you boil fat, let it cool, and the oil separates to the top?

I heat it (boil it) in a crock pot then pour it in a HD bucket don’t use a thin wall type bucket it will separate on it’s own.

The word is rendering. Should be plenty of details online how to render fat. Don't boil it in water if that is what you are thinking.

Hahahaha no. So what about “deodorizing?” Anyone actually done all of this?

They use domestic mink for mink oil. They are as fat as a fat coon, just render it out the same as pig lard. Rendered mink fat makes great oil to cook donuts in (best donuts I ever ate were cooked this way). Oil does not smell like mink but will attract dogs to P on your boots if you use it for boot grease. Every dog in Laramie tried to P on my leg when I went to the U of Wyo!!!

Make sure them mink aint running temperatures and have their sense of smell .

A rectal thermometer is better then a canning thermometer