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The Adventures of Stinky Rawhide: Deerskin Soup, Part 1
JackCrafty:
Eau De Epidermis ..... :D
Minuteman:
" Howdy ma'am , name's Stinky , Stinky Rawhide."
JackCrafty:
OK...after a couple days in the hydrated lime the hair slipped right off. FINALLY! ;D ;D I know it was the hydrated lime that did it (and not the fact that they were getting rotten, for example) because some areas that did not get exposed to the hydrated lime were not slipping at all.
After scraping the hair off of a couple skins, I rinsed them as best I could, covered them with water, and added some vinegar to neutralize the lime. I didn't scrape off the membrane under the hair because I didn't have time. I'll rack them tonight and see if I can't dry scrape the membrane off this weekend.
cowboy:
Wow Pat, I just read through all of this. It's been enjoyable reading and very commical ;D. I used crystal drano to make the hair slip, has some kind of acid in it (can't remember which). Anyway about a half can in a #5 wash tub. Let the hide soak for 5 to 7 days stirring occasionally and the hair practically falls off. If ya mix it too stout it'll burn the skin, I'll add a pic if I can find it.
Reading about your hydrated lime success, I may try that next. Or maybe Mullet's muliple freezing method, or dry scraping. I was going for rawhide not buckskin - great, another goal ;D.
Well, I'll have to figure my pictures out later.
Minuteman:
Hey folks the deer skin soup saga continues eh Patrick?
I went ahead and strengthened my bark solution today. the de grained hide is almost struck through already, its been 15 days in the tanning liquor. I was told on another site that you cant get the solution too strong without substantial heating and evaporation. So next semi warm day I get I'm gonna drag out the 30 gallon maple syrup boiler( stainless steel) and simmer down some strong stuff to get these things goin'.
I'm gonna concentrate the liquor when I'm done with it as well. No sense wasting all that tannin.
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