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The Adventures of Stinky Rawhide: Deerskin Soup, Part 1
Hillbilly:
Keep shoveling ashes in until an egg will float upright, exposing an area about the diameter of a quarter. If the egg sinks, it's too weak. If it floats on its side, it's too strong.
El Destructo:
Yep...a good Chlorine Bath gets rid of all of the Nasties....and it even whitens it up some too.....but make sure that you rinse it well
Minuteman:
Just finished doin some reading on graining hides. This couple out in Montana does it without any special bucking solution, they soak the hide overnight, flesh it, then soak it overnight again. Then they remove the hair with a fleshing knife.
I have three fleshed hides in a hardwood ash solution in my basement as I type.( My wife has no idea there are deer hides soaking in her house. ) If I'd read about this technique earlier I think I would have tried it. I'm not looking forward to the rinsing out of the buck. I've got a creek behind the house but its not running.
I guess I'll have to chop a hole in the ice on the pond and sink 'em in there.
mullet:
I've soaked them for a day and a half without any ashes and the hair will fall off. I can guarantee if you leave it for 3 or 4 days you will have a bucket full of Goo. And I don't think you can buy Red Devil Lye anymore.
madcrow:
Lime from the garden center or Tractor Supply works fine, but can get messy. A couple pounds in five gallons of water usually does the trick. I have also used pickling lime from the grocery store. I have not noticed any bad odor in mine. I just flesh it to get the meat and fat off and then soak in the lime. While it is soaking, the inner membrane usually fill with the water and swells, making it easier to get off. It takes alot of rinsing and ringing to get the lime out. When you think it is all out, rinde it a few more times.
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