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waterproofing question, cowskin

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Josh B:
Do you have prickly pear cactus in your area?  The juice makes a pretty good waterproofing agent.   Not quite as good as mink oil though.  Josh

BowEd:
4dog...One solution to that I've done is to make your strap out of a woven vegetable material.Instead of leather.Solves that problem of it getting sticky etc. sliding over your skin.Dries out quicker too.

4dog:
Gundoc,,,its growing in a garden outside my backdoor,,didnt know it had this use,,lol,,ya never know!  Lol

Josh B:
I know what you mean.  It's always a good thing when you find another use for stuff growing in your yard!  Josh

JW_Halverson:
The juice from prickly pear was traditionally used by Plains tribes as a waterproofing for rawhide containers.

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