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Community => Taxidermy & Scoring => Topic started by: duckmen1 on November 22, 2013, 10:17:27 PM

Title: Tanning solution use
Post by: duckmen1 on November 22, 2013, 10:17:27 PM: I have a back half of a deer hide and a raccoon hide that have been being salted and fleshed. I got some ammonium alum and salt on the way to make my solution for the tanning process and neats foot oil to apply at the end. My question is when I make this solution can I reuse it. Over again. I want to keep the cost down the best I can. I paid a little much not thoroughly looking around first and now found it a bit cheaper but want to continue to drop the price by reusing it if I can. Thanks for any help
Title: Re: Tanning solution use
Post by: stevemiller on November 22, 2013, 10:29:25 PM: My op is yes,others will say no.I use it and use it and use it,when i need more i add to what i have left,as long as it is still clean it can be reused.I clean all my stuff before i put it in so it stays pretty clean. :twocents:
Title: Re: Tanning solution use
Post by: duckmen1 on November 22, 2013, 11:06:43 PM: That's what I was hoping to hear. I also was wondering about using a pressure washer for fleshing. I have been using a scalpel blade, that takes for ever, then went to a die grinder which was much better. Just wondering the type of power to use on a pressure washer. Know it works but want to know more about it.
Thanks
Title: Re: Tanning solution use
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on November 22, 2013, 11:13:06 PM: You can re-use the pickle as ling as you maintain the pH lever. I do not believe you are supposed to re use the tan. The hide absorbes the tan out of the solution.
Title: Re: Tanning solution use
Post by: n_mathews13 on November 23, 2014, 07:40:40 PM: Quote from: duckmen1 on November 22, 2013, 11:06:43 PM
That's what I was hoping to hear. I also was wondering about using a pressure washer for fleshing. I have been using a scalpel blade, that takes for ever, then went to a die grinder which was much better. Just wondering the type of power to use on a pressure washer. Know it works but want to know more about it.
Thanks
What did you ever find out about power wishn hide?
Title: Re: Tanning solution use
Post by: duckmen1 on November 24, 2014, 09:27:47 PM: It worked great using the pressure washer. I had a 4200 psi that we used and boy howdy I'll never go back to doing it by hand. By hand it took me a couple hours and it looked messy when I quit. Pressure washer took 5 simple minutes and it turned out beautiful.
Title: Re: Tanning solution use
Post by: n_mathews13 on November 24, 2014, 09:43:52 PM: Did it tonight. What a big difference
Title: Re: Tanning solution use
Post by: trapper boy on December 13, 2014, 02:50:48 PM: check out my newly posted step by step tanning recipe. Its supper cheap and makes pretty decent hide.