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Originally Posted by Ggiannig89
What solution do you use to tan your hides?
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Clean hide scrape as much fat and skin off as you can with out making holes, they make a special tool for that rise in dish soap water nail to a board flat and scape some more, salt hide heavy and let sit over night, next day put in warm water and scrap again then mix the pickle 1gallon water in a tub 1pound aluminum sulfate
In another bucket mix 4oz of washing soda in 1/2 gal
of water and mix together stir with a stick soak hide 4 days then rise in 1or2 oz of borax soap and a gallon of water, and back on a board aply warm tanning oil I would suggest Google it for instructions.this is only my second raccoon I have tanned period no other animals