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butch:
i soacked my hides in lye and scraped , worked good except some small patches. tacked it down , scraped , then added draino to get rid of some stubborn patches of hair and cartilledge. worked fair, they were translucent, when rinceing they shrunk and thickend. is this normal. how do i strech them to original shape, incidently, i wore rubber gloves but my urine had a strong smell af hydrocloric acid this morning. should i be concerned. thanks.

cowboy:
I'm no expert but sounds like you might have not diluted your draino enough and burned the hide a little. I'd stretch it on a frame and let dry, don't think their's any real harm done. On the urine thing, hmm, well, I dunno, hehe :D.

jamie:
you need to rinse the hide in an acid solution (vinegar) to nutrilize the base solution (lye) .

mullet:
    Wouldn't you need to rinse it in Baking Soda?Lye,or Drano is a caustic acid.But rinsing in clean water should dilute it enough,anyway.

jamie:
lye is actually a caustic base and vinegar being and acid will nuetralize the lye. i have a formula ive been trying to dig up. its so much water and so much vinegar in a bucket. when i find it i'll post it. peace

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