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Aluminum sulfate/pickling salt tan for fur on hides
bjrogg:
Looks great Ed. Just curious if you ever put them on a stretcher for drying and breaking? I usually case skin mine and put them on stretchers while drying. It seems as they dry and shrink it helps break hide. I still take them off stretchers for additional breaking but it seems to help. Would be harder to do with belly split though.
Bjrogg
BowEd:
BJ...I've tanned cased skins this same way too before but never put them on a stretcher to dry.I can see how it could work for you though.Without any hand work done to them I don't think just putting them on a stretcher softens them.Actually for me they are easier to soften opened up split.
Well I checked back when I started this hide from a raw or green state.Exactly a week and it's done.I soften them breaking and stretching wise as it dries every half hour or so.
Some clumsy skinning holes I fix with a baseball stitch while wet before stretching.You cannot see the stitch line from the hair side.
Well that's it.It is'nt a tan that gets as soft as my brain tan I don't think but it definitely will serve the purpose for a number projects.
Morgan:
Awesome! Thanks for sharing
DV IN MN:
Ed
Great thread, wish I had started reading this earlier. Just boarded a coon couple of days ago. I assume this will work with beaver as well?
Prices are such that finding different things to do with the fur and the cost of a failure at this time doesn't cost much. I have blankets and some kits in the freezer skinned not fleshed. I think this would be a fun test trying to tan some of those hides. Any ideas that might be different for a beaver would be appreciated.
Thanks.
DV IN MN:
Ed,
Can a person do more than one hide at a time in the same water/solution at the same time? Would you recommend that or is the work load such that you would only be able to stay up with one hide at a time?
How does it work on Mink? Price on them is such that it would be a good use for some good mink. Do the percentages of ingredients change according to the size of the hides? I think I should probably find the book and purchase it for some good reading.
Thanks
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