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Author: | dweiman [ Sat Feb 06, 2016 8:11 am ] |
Post subject: | Does it matter? |
For those of you who have home tanned hides for awhile. Does the end product differ when tanning a freshly cleaned green hide as compared to a hide that has been on a forming board and left hung for a month or so (I am not talking six months or more). I am also talking about softer hides like weasels, marten, foxes not grizzly old beaver. |
Author: | Critter Skinner [ Sat Feb 06, 2016 11:05 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Does it matter? |
Fresh skinned hides will produce better leather but it works fine either way especially when doing thinner skinned animals like fox. You will want to brush it with a relaxer and soak in same before putting in salt solution to rehidrate the hide before tanning when doing dried pelts. |
Author: | wahbush [ Sat Feb 13, 2016 9:05 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Does it matter? |
Better to dry the hides after a thourough fleshing.Drying will weep out more grease in the hide. When you rehydrate and scrape before tanning you will remove more grease giving you a better finished product. There is nothing that hinders rehydration and or tanning than grease left in the leather. When a dried pelt is rehydrated it should be just as loose as when it was first taken off the animal. |
Author: | Rasorbackq [ Mon Feb 29, 2016 7:51 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Does it matter? |
I beg to differ Wahbush Skin flesh salt 2 x 24 hrs ea, pickle , Thin ,DEGREASE will get all the grease out, pickle , tan . I don't like to have to rehydrate a hide . More chance for slip to occur |
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