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How do Tanneries get tanned animal hides so soft?
Ive been tanning quite a bit of hides throughout the last couple of years and have gotten pretty good at it. The only problem that I cant figure out is how to soften it COMPLETELY. Every time I can only soften them so much. Ive gotten tanned furs from the taxidermy that are crazy soft. They are almost stretchy and rubbery. Anyway I was wondering how they do it, Ive searched on google but cant find anything.. Ive done everything to soften my hides. Ive stretched, sanded, and even put in the dryer with a bunch of old shoes. But I cant get it EVEN CLOSE to what the tanneries do.
any help is appreciated
be safe and go,
I have gotten most of my info off the internet. I used to try alum tanning but messed up a bunch so now i just buy the actual tanning formula off of cabelas. Its pretty rewarding in the end but it takes alot of time and work. i just tanned a deerskin and was wondering what to do with it. I like your vest idea
*jacket
Those very "powerful and dangerous" chemicals that the "teacher" suggests are neither that powerful or that dangerous. In fact, they are READILY available through the mail and can be purchased on the Internet as well. You don't have to be 21 or have your parent's signed permission slip to call in the order. All it takes is a working credit/debit card with an address to mail to and you are in the tanning business. Some of the biggest and best taxidermy supply companies in the World are right here in the USA and you can find most of them in the classified ads in the back of the better hunting and fishing magazines. However, as you have already learned the HARD way, home tanning is NOT fun, takes a LOT of time and effort, and rarely produces the results you get from a professional tannery. For the record, MOST taxidermists do NOT do their own "tanning". They will use some dry and wet preservatives, and also pickle baths made with different acids, etc. for small to medium mounts, but NOT for the bigger stuff. The kind of tanning you are talking about where the leather is totally velvet-soft is not even attempted in the average or even ABOVE average taxidermy studio. That kind of fur/leather comes only from the tannery. They use LARGE wooden vats in which the hides are tumbled 24/7 during a process which is called "breaking". The home tanner does his/her "breaking" by pulling the wet hide back and forth repeatedly over a "breaking beam" while it dries. It is time consuming, tedious, and VERY labor-intensive. Most of us don't have what it takes to put that much time and effort into it. Thank goodness the tanneries will....for a price. After trying it a few times myself, I figured they earned and deserved every dollar I gave them.
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