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Any treatments to preserve sinew?

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Pat B:
Wax the cordage with string wax or bees wax or once the dream catcher is made spray it with satin poly.

WhistlingBadger:

--- Quote from: Mesophilic on November 11, 2023, 01:14:12 pm ---Thanks, guys.  I was more thinking about how to perserve the sinew after I've twisted in to cordage and made the dream catcher.

Could I brush it with a strong borax water solution?

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I've never used borax on sinew, but on skins I find that sprinkling it on the still-damp skin will get enough into it that it will continue to repel critters even after it's dried.  A borax solution would probably work as long as you don't soak the sinews enough to let them stretch them out.  Just get the surface damp with it.

GlisGlis:
I wont put borax on something that will be handled by a teenager.
it's considered potentially harmful and from 2008 advised against use on humans from CEE

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