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The Adventures of Stinky Rawhide: Deerskin Soup, Part 1
Minuteman:
Well, Jack, I had to move my tanning operation outside into my covered basement stairs. The wife got a whiff yesterday while I was stirring it and adding bark. It was really stinking bad. I think I let it get too weak. I added ten more gallons of bark and some salt and vinegar and it smells like it did at the beginning again.This is day 9.
JackCrafty:
Destructo, we have 2 "supercenter" wal-marts in Midland but neither carries pickling lime or 20 mule team borax. Even the supply of canning jars is limited.....they only had a few cartons and only two sizes the last time I went. (They were out of the size I like to use for my home-made paints). And there are no united supermarkets in the Midland-Odessa area.
JackCrafty:
Minuteman, ten gallons of bark? ...must be cheap. Where are you getting that stuff? I think I'd like to try some.
Minuteman:
A buddy of mine does the tree work for a landscaping/nursery business. So I asked him to bring me a double wheelbarrow load of chips the next time he cut down a red oak and he brought me a whole 55 gallon drum full!
I dried it out on the garage floor for a month and stored it in a plastic barrel in the garage. I don't think I'm gonna be running out any time soon.
I bet you could find a local arborist and get him to bring you a bunch for a quick 20 dollar bill. You'd probably have more than you need to do a bunch hides and it'll keep indefinitely once its dry.
Any kinda oak is good. I think all bark has some tannin in it, even willow. But I chose red oak , its supposed to have a slightly higher tannin level than many other local trees.
stickbender:
As for a name to this thread, how about " The adventures, of Eau De Epidermis " That would make some real " Toilet water"... ;D ;D
Wayne
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