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making hide glue

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Pappy:
How do you save it.I have heard to let it jell and cut in blocks like a pie,is that correct ?
   Pappy

Winchester:
Thank you all for the info! I think I will use the oven method, if I use my wifes crockpot she will have MY hide lol. What is the best ratio of rawhide to water?
Pappy, this is only hear say as I've never made it but I think you freeze it to save it, cut into blocks to use as needed

dmenzies1950:
Pappy, I found that if left in the gel state it will mold. I either dry it completely or freeze it. If dried it is easily reconstituted by adding water to it.
                            Dale

Stoker:
 Mike Yancey do a article coupla months ago in PA on this. Very good peice
Thanks Leroy

JW_Halverson:
If you are going to dry it, make all the effort you can to chop it finer and finer until you have grains as small as rice or smaller.  Even then, do NOT put it away completely closed up.  Mold needs very little moisture and the centers of these little grains can still hold moisture. 

I am a big fan of freezing it in small blocks about the size of ice cubes. 

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