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Aluminum sulfate/pickling salt tan for fur on hides
DC:
I can see all the pictures.
Hawkdancer:
Got the pictures this time - they take a while to load. Good thread, thanks for the info. I see a "run" coming on that book! Lol!
Hawkdancer
BowEd:
That's good.It's good to see an interest in this.In a way that I hope I can convey the same sort of enjoyment I get from it.Pic of just the two chemicals used.
Van Dykes Taxidermy supply can be a source for the aluminum sulfate.I bought a 50 pound bag quite a few years ago from a local supplier myself.Keep it in a 5 gallon pail nowadays sealed.Might have 15 to 20 pounds left I suppose.It's hardened and clumpy now so I just bust it up with a hammer and screen it fine with a window screen.Pickling salt can be gotten from a grocery store.
bjrogg:
Ed I believe that's probably what I'm using to. I got what Van Dykes calls Lutan kit. I think it's aluminum but not sure. It looks like that. With this kit you pickle in water with salt and safety acid to lower ph level between 1 and 2 for at least 72 hours. If I understand right you just massage in the pickling salt and don't use a pickling bath right?
Thanks
Bjrogg
lebhuntfish:
I'm definitely keeping track of this one. Very nice tan along Ed! We have needed something like this on here for a long time. Well done!
Patrick
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