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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1601547" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>We use 99% alcohol, one gallon, and about 8 pounds of dry ice. Something we learned earlier this year, have a deep container. We have always used an old, Styrofoam fishing cooler. We tried a smaller one, and still made sure the brand was covered by several inches of the cold liquid. The brands on that group of cattle are very poor, barely show up with white hair. I think the volume of liquid in the container is important. We went back to the old larger Styrofoam one and the brands are coming in nicely on that group. The solution lasts for awhile, we did 15 head and still had lots of dry ice left in the liquid. </p><p>Something else that helps, spray the hide with the alcohol (we put it in a sprayer) before putting the brand on the skin, and then spritz the brand/hide a few times while the brand is held to the hide, to keep it wet. It seems to help a bunch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1601547, member: 18809"] We use 99% alcohol, one gallon, and about 8 pounds of dry ice. Something we learned earlier this year, have a deep container. We have always used an old, Styrofoam fishing cooler. We tried a smaller one, and still made sure the brand was covered by several inches of the cold liquid. The brands on that group of cattle are very poor, barely show up with white hair. I think the volume of liquid in the container is important. We went back to the old larger Styrofoam one and the brands are coming in nicely on that group. The solution lasts for awhile, we did 15 head and still had lots of dry ice left in the liquid. Something else that helps, spray the hide with the alcohol (we put it in a sprayer) before putting the brand on the skin, and then spritz the brand/hide a few times while the brand is held to the hide, to keep it wet. It seems to help a bunch. [/QUOTE]
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