Author Topic: first tanning project (Read 8068 times)

Jacklaroo · « **on:** February 10, 2015, 05:44:16 AM »

Using a salt and alum recipe i have completed my first tanning project. Still have a lot of learning and perfecting to do but im feeling rather proud of myself. I kept postponing it thinking it was gonna be hard to do. It wasn't that hard at all just need some more bunnies to practice on.

Jonathan_S · « **Reply #1 on:** February 10, 2015, 06:18:54 AM »

Nice, got any pics of the leather?

Jacklaroo · « **Reply #2 on:** February 10, 2015, 09:33:13 AM »

No i will post the leather later today. I dont know why didnt i take a pic of the leather.

Smossy · « **Reply #3 on:** February 10, 2015, 10:11:01 AM »

If you dont mind sharing that recipe Id love to see how you did i, I also was going to try it with pickeling salt and alum but I thought it to be too hard.

n_mathews13 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 15, 2015, 11:46:13 AM »

I'm learning also. Been fun. I use salt & aluminum sulfate also. Been workn

kisfish · « **Reply #5 on:** February 15, 2015, 12:15:17 PM »

tagging along

jasnt · « **Reply #6 on:** February 15, 2015, 12:19:02 PM »

fast1 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 18, 2015, 11:23:28 AM »

Is the hair still tight? Where are you finding your alum or the aluminum sulfate? Looks great tho.

Jacklaroo · « **Reply #8 on:** February 23, 2015, 12:55:38 PM »

Sorry this is so late.

Jacklaroo · « **Reply #9 on:** February 23, 2015, 01:18:13 PM »

Quote from: Smossy on February 10, 2015, 10:11:01 AM

If you dont mind sharing that recipe Id love to see how you did i, I also was going to try it with pickeling salt and alum but I thought it to be too hard.

I thought it was going to be difficult also but its actually pretty simple.
I decided on a recipe provided by motherearthnews.com

Jacklaroo · « **Reply #10 on:** February 23, 2015, 01:33:13 PM »

Quote from: fast1 on February 18, 2015, 11:23:28 AM

Is the hair still tight? Where are you finding your alum or the aluminum sulfate? Looks great tho.

I eventually found the alum at our local health food store. The hair is holding strong though next time i need to do better at stretching. I decided since i only had one i could hand stretch it which i would do again just longer. It was a fun experience and cant wait to do again.

stevemiller · « **Reply #11 on:** February 23, 2015, 01:41:41 PM »

There are a couple of recipes on the mother earth site.What is yours?The hides look very good and I think they look very soft as well.

Jacklaroo · « **Reply #12 on:** February 23, 2015, 02:05:49 PM »

i choose the salt and alum recipe.

stevemiller · « **Reply #13 on:** February 23, 2015, 02:58:08 PM »

Ok,yeah thats what I do as well.I havnt done it yet but I would guess the battery acid one is one that you would use for no fur?I use the plant stuff at the home depot for the aluminum.

Jacklaroo · « **Reply #14 on:** February 23, 2015, 06:17:49 PM »

Id like to know about brain tanning. Is it hard to do? Sounds gross but im curious.

Spawnstar · « **Reply #15 on:** February 23, 2015, 07:59:38 PM »

Quote from: n_mathews13 on February 15, 2015, 11:46:13 AM

I'm learning also. Been fun. I use salt & aluminum sulfate also. Been workn

looks great Mathews, if you get board I can send you some coyotes.

n_mathews13 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 23, 2015, 11:02:53 PM »

Spawnstar, I might take you up on it one of these days..As of now I got a few dozen coons and a few deer hides in freezer but I did a yote a few weeks ago and it was fun. I'll let you know. I'm still learning. Wife's worried she's loosen garage lol

Didn't do brains yet, hard to find ( for me anyway). But I did eggs, that was cool.

Swannytheswan · « **Reply #17 on:** February 23, 2015, 11:07:32 PM »

you can get pigs brains a uwajimaya. Using brains is easy just kind of a hassle to smoke the hide

Instinct · « **Reply #18 on:** February 24, 2015, 05:29:49 AM »

Well might as well chime in. Watched a dude off YouTube do a egg mayo vegetable oil mix so I went with that followed by some salt in the mix an used the tree to scrape an work the hide.. 3 yotes. First one is in the wall (accidentally ripped off the tail while skinning oops)

Instinct · « **Reply #19 on:** February 24, 2015, 05:32:38 AM »

First one still no pro but its a start

Jacklaroo · « **Reply #20 on:** February 24, 2015, 06:57:01 AM »

All the hides look good. Not sure ill do the brains but the egg sounds interesting.

Savage.06Shot · « **Reply #21 on:** June 08, 2015, 11:13:33 AM »

first skin

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