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Rick Wallace:
Early this year I got a couple deer hides,stretched them out on the side of the shop,scraped them down good. I left the hair on them,now I want to take it off and make rawhide.Do I soak it in something to help get the hair off ? or is it to late? I also have another in the freezer,I want to de-hair that one as well.

HoBow:
You can do a dry scrape ince you already have it stretched out or you can soak it in a caustic solution.  Either will work  ;)

Rick Wallace:
Forgive my ignorance,,what is  caustic solution?

Young Bowyer:
Yeah I want to do this too so i'll have rawhide for bowmaking in winter. How do you make a "caustic solution" (Newb question)

Rick Wallace:
Hardwood ash? Would that be lye??   Any other ideas??

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