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egg tanning
uwe:
Another question in the process: does warmth play a role? Zhe process is familar to braintanning. Here the brain is boiled up to the state of a soup.
My feeling says its not the way with eggs.
And do this tanned hides behave as braintanned hides after they got wet and then dried?
jamie:
the process is identicle , place eggs in the hottest water you can put your hands in. ive never boiled brains for dressing a hide. and now that as ive said that, brain tanning is not tanning at all. tanning requires tannin from a plant/tree source. you are really dressing the hidebut brain dressing sounds wierd ;D
uwe:
--- Quote from: ozark caveman on February 03, 2008, 03:16:07 am ---All I ever do is egg tan. It works awesome. One dozen per hide. I can help you through the process if you need any help!
--- End quote ---
Which size of hide would this be good for and which other ingredients do I have to mix with the eggsß
jamie:
some diced onions, ham and shredded cheese tastes good. >:D sorry couldnt help myself. depends on how you do the hide. i wet scrape so i dont use a drying rack till the hand. just soak the hide in warm water if its dried up. wring the hide out to remove as muchh water as possible then put the hide in the bucket with the egg mixture and squeze it around , remove it and wring out the moisture again, then put it back in the bucket and do it again. make sure wring it out over the bucket so the egg mixture goes back in the bucket.i do this 3 or 4 times to make sure the mixture is thoroughly soaked through. rack it and start stretchin. if you use the dry scrape method and are not getting the softest hide you can get try wet scrape. a dry hide that is then resoaked doesnt absorb the way a fresh hide does.
PeteC:
Will this method work for the "hair on",or will it cause the hair to slip? Thanks,and God Bless, PeteC
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