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bigcountry:
I have never let the hair slip with hardwood ashes. I used borax in water.
I was reading an article in PA about using Hardwood ashes, and you know you ahve enough ash when an egg will start to float.
Can anyone verfy that this is the way?
HoBow:
I've read that too. The PH is what's important- anything to raise it will slip the hair.
Lombard:
Big country, are you talking about leaching the Lye out of the ash, to make a solution? A similar process is used in the making of Lye Soap, and the floating egg lets you know that the Lye content is right.
mullet:
All you have to do is soak the hide in plain water for 3 days. Make sure you stir it occasionally and leave it no longer than that. If you do, you will have a bucket of hairy jello.
bigcountry:
--- Quote from: mullet on October 26, 2010, 10:19:59 pm --- All you have to do is soak the hide in plain water for 3 days. Make sure you stir it occasionally and leave it no longer than that. If you do, you will have a bucket of hairy jello.
--- End quote ---
Tried that one time. Nasty and stinky. So I went with the borax approach.
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