I trapped a raccoon outside of my house the other day. Skinned it (not perfectly). and fleshed it (less perfectly). rinsed off the skin in a bucket.  and then i stretched  it out and put about half an inch non iodized salt over it. when i checked on it the next day it was loosing hair pretty bad around the edges and upon reading i found that was because of bacteria? so i put it in a bucket with pine-sol because i didn't have any Lysol which was recommended . and now i am not sure what to do with it. I am wanting to tan it. But i have read a lot of different ways to do this. What is the easiest way? and have i done everything correctly up to this point?

My e-mail address is: gnatsum65@hotmail.com................ Send me your Postal address and I can mail you a very good set of instructions on tanning coon hides. Might be too late for this one, but these instructions will do you for the next one. Very good for deer, skunk, coyote, young steer,(I hit one with my truck, the farmer gave me the calf, meat was good and the hide turned out good also). You didn't say but when you put the salt on it you next roll the skin with the fur on outside. Wait a couple of days and the fat and residual flesh can be scraped off easier.
Anyway the instructions will explain all you need to do when I send it to you. I do this to all my deer skins and all that my friends give me.

If the hair is pulling its probably trash. The areas you didn't get all the fat off of are the cause.

mrfowlmouth,
Like gutpile says, the first thing ASAP is put salt on it like you did. After two days, scrape ALL the FAT, residue meat, and "onion-skin-like" membrane from it. If you can't tan it right a-way put another layer of salt on it, and roll it up in newspaper and freeze it. Then you can wait until you have time to tan it.
You never said if you wanted the instructions or not. I'm sure it's too late for this skin, but there's always another coon.
cripplehunter knows where there is a whole trailer full of them.

I sent you my mailing address. I really appreciate the help and advice.

mrfowlmouth,
I posted my e-mail address in the thread dated 31Oct2012 @06:38A.M.
So far,(it's 1Nov2012 10:15 P.M. Central Time) I haven't seen you address in my e-mail box. Please try again.

First off forget salting. Case skin the coon and put it in the refridgerator overnight. Now put it on a fleshing beam and starting just below the ears use a sharp fleshing knife and work your way down removing all the grisle and fat down to the skin. NOW if you are going to home tan it cover in salt and follow the directions in the tanning kit. If you're sending it out put it on a stretcher skin side out and hang to dry. Every couple of days wipe the oil off the hide. Once thoroughly dry remove it from the stretcher and ship to tannery. I use USA FOXX.

Thanks gutpile.

And etaylor8 i sent it again to gnatsum65@hotmail.com this morning. if it doesn't work again i can just message you on here.