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basil_brush

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Rawhide dog chews
« on: September 23, 2007, 03:16:22 pm »
Most rawhide dog chews are translucent brown, yet natural rawhide is opaque white. What do they do to the hide to make it translucent like that?
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Rawhide dog chews
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2007, 05:01:53 pm »
I think a lot of it has to do with how it is processed. There are ways to make the opaque hides transparent but someone else will have to tell you how.    Pat
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Re: Rawhide dog chews
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2007, 05:10:55 pm »
I'm not certain basil, but I soaked a coupla deer hides in crystal drano/ water solution to make the hair slip. One batch was a little stout and I had translucent patches all over the hide - didn't seem to hurt it though.
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