Oh yeah, we’ll be setting the pace of the day with classic bluegrass and mountain music! $120 to make and take your own stretching rack If you have your own hides and/or would like to make a stretching rack to take home with you, call us at least a week before the class date so we have all materials on hand. Plus, being a massage therapist, I know that the connective tissues, which weave through all the. He said those animals were riddled with weird growths and their skins hard to tan, probably due to poor diet.
We will be using fresh hair-on hides during this class so plan to get a little dirty! I know the person I learned hide tanning from has tanned the hides of peoples pets as a way for them have a reminder of their animal. In a plastic bucket, dissolve 1 pound of ammonia alum in a gallon of water. Formula tans all fur skins, from raccoon, coyote, fox, muskrat. Upon completion of this course, ALL participants will be able to turn a “green” hide into leather at home. Dissolve 2 ½ pounds of salt in 4 gallons of water in the garbage can. Pre-mixed and ready to use, this formula makes home tanning of game hides and fur skins easy. We will discuss and “smoke” an already brain tanned hide over an open fire. We will discuss and demonstrate wet and dry scrape methods, learn to carefully “flesh out” or remove fats and membranes from any type of animal hide using several hide tanning tools. Students will learn to make a stretching rack and properly prepare a hide for tanning. The amounts in this tanning agent recipe provide enough solution to tan 1 coyote or 6 rabbits. Participants will learn about tanning all types of animal hides using several different natural and chemical tanning solution methods such as brain tanning, egg tanning, glycerin and bark tanning. Washing Soda and Alum Tanning Solution Recipe. This class is intended to be very affordable so if you are interested in a more intensive experience, please contact us and we can arrange a multi day class. Tanning animal hides is not that complicated once you understand a few simple rules.
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