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Making Rawhide
wildman:
I got two hides in a tub now been frozen for about a month. I have mine in wood ash It always works , hope it will just be like having it in the freezer.
iowabow:
after you have it in wood ash and scrap it what do you do? do you put it in another solutions? or do you just stretch it.
Pappy:
Not sure but I think you have to rinse in something,some one that dose it that way will chime in,I always dry scrape mine so when you get the hair off it done if all you are doing is making rawhide.
Pappy
JackCrafty:
Iowabow, yes, you need to rinse the hide before you rack string it up on a frame. The hide needs to be rinsed with fresh water. You can put it in a barrel of water overnight with a hose set on a trickle, or you can submerge it overnight in a fresh water stream or river.
madcrow:
I have made it by soaking and by dry scraping. When I soak in lime, After the hair comes off, I rinse it until the water wrings out clear. The hair should slide right off. I have done them before and wiped the hair off with my hands. Some use baking soda and others use vinegar to neutralize the lime. I dry scrape them on the fleshing beam. I just works better for me. Once it is clean, I rack it and stretch it as far as I can and lightly scrape it to clean off an hair that is laying on it.
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