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- Don,t try this at home commented on Don,t try this at home's instructable Everything You Need to Know About Tanning Animal Pelts.
- Don,t try this at home commented on Don,t try this at home's instructable Everything you need to know about Tanning animal pelts.View Instructable »
The worst Idoized salt will do is stain your pelt. I never had any trouble with it before. It can take up to 10 to 15 pounds of salt to dry a skin out depending on the thickness of the hide.
- Don,t try this at home commented on Don,t try this at home's instructable Everything you need to know about Tanning animal pelts.
I never tryed that method but but more then you think you will ever need. Better to have too much then not enough!
View Instructable »The best way to save the pelt intill you get home is to get all the meat off the hide with a dull knife being careful not to cut the skin. Then apply a think coat of salt to the hide and roll it up. Try to keep as cool as possble. Check the salt every few days. If it looks nasty change the salt out. Im glad your going to use the skin! Honor the animals by useing every scrap!
Sorry for the late reply. I have been doing deer skins for a butcher shop and the best method i have came up with is to buy hunters and trappers hide tanning solution and follow the bottles instrutions. If you cannot do that brain tanning may be the best for you. Jyst a tip when fleshing tack the hide down and use a powerwasher pointed at a 45 degree angle. You will have the hide fleshed within 20 minutes!