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Brain Tanning
Pat B:
Have you neutralized the skin after the alkaline soak. That might help eliminate the smell...unless it has begun to rot.
steve.b:
I've done several hides, if you have the ash mixture strong enough there shouldn't be any really strong smell after the hide is cleaned up. Smell comes from bacteria, and the ash mixture should be strong enough to kill all the bacteria on the hide.
sleek:
Well I guess the ash wasnt strong enough then. So is the hide a total loss?
I neutralized it in vinegar water when I was done slipping the hair. I though bacteria was used to make the hair slip? Thats why tanners of old stunk so bad.
Pat B:
I say to try washing the hide in dawn dish soap then rinse it a bunch and see if that helps. The hide probably isn't ruined but you may not get all the smell out. Baking soda might help too.
Zuma:
--- Quote from: sleek on September 12, 2014, 03:45:59 pm ---Hope this isnt too bad a hijack...
I just did a three day wood ash soak to slip the hair on a deer skin. Now it smells like a skunk took a dump on it. How will the smell go away? Im doing an egg wash now on some pieces of it I cut for a quiver. But I dont wanna carry the smell of the grim reapers fart on my back even if it does make a good cover cent.
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I hope the images and imagined smells will dwindle with time. Yikes >:D
I think a moonlight ceremonial cremation is the only remedy.
Zuma
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