For an experiment showing what tarring and feathering would do to human skin, what should I use as fake skin?

This is an in-class demonstration. I would like the students to get a vivid picture of what tarring and feathering would look and smell like. I would like them to have the opportunity to try and clean off the tar and feathers to see the aftermath. I would like to demonstrate a hot tar method, which I believe would have been around 140 degress. I need a material that will react in a way comporable to skin, or would at least get the point across.

For an experiment showing what tarring and feathering would do to human skin, what should I use as fake skin?
A pig would be the closest thing to human skin........as any CSI fan knows
Reply:Get some chicken skin or go to an thrift store or call aorund and see if you can get an old fur peice of some kind.


Or call a tannery or a meat killing place, what do they call them?
Reply:As a vegetarian I hate to say this, but it seems like you might want to bring in a suckling pig (from a butcher, not from a farm.)
Reply:pig
Reply:You could try a big piece of fat-back and cover it with chicken or turkey skin. That would be very close.
Reply:For what class?? I mean, I'm sure this has some sort of educational value, but the only real way to get the point across would be to use a live pig. Even then, seeing the pain and agony of another living creature might not get the point across to them. Maybe tar and feather your students? Is this really necessary? Why does it even have to be realistic? Get some meat from the grocery store - something that doesn't easily let up the skin... But even then I don't know that this is the best idea for students that apparently need to be shocked out of immorality. If they are that vile, they might think it would be a fun thing to try on someone instead...
Reply:Maybe a plucked chicken skin I think Pig skin is tougher than people skin 140 might be a tad hot while Tarrers wanted to cause harm to the victim they did not want to burn themselves. Perhaps some soft skinned fruit, peaches for example could stand in for skin or a paper bag don't know what you would fill it with.


I suggest re smell and mess that you don't really want to do this in a classroom.
Reply:Pig would be your best bet. But if you want something inexpensive and easy to obtain try oranges or tangerines. Their skins are porous.
Reply:Pig skin is the most comparable to human skin.

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