faster easier way to tan than wet tan

[luckyD]

   Is there a effective way to tan not using soaking process

[Old Fart]

The words "faster" and "easier" should NOT be applied to the tanning process......unless you are looking for "worster" and "worstest" results!

[muscle20]

    X2 with Old Fart LOL.

[Jason Smith]

sounds like your in the wrong buisness luckyD

[msbraintan]

Lucky, some things are done SLOWLY and DELIBERATELY.

Old Fart, before I got a really nice power washer I could sit around on my ass fleshing bison skins, drinking coffee ;-)  But now that I got the belt drive model, I really don't find the time to sit around when a bison skin needs fleshing!


Bet you have some nice biceps muscle20 ;-)

Animal wizard.. doesn't take a rocket scientist or a chemist (or a wizard) to figure ways to not have to kill yerself!

[Jason Smith]

msbraintain your taking the advise i gave to luckyd in the wrong way and possibly was taken wrong by others so i will refraise what i said in more description
In our line of work its all about attetion to detail,not getting in a hurry and rushing threw any of the processes to turn out the best quaility possible(not working yourself to death or killing yourself) but doing your best for the best you can do.There is several good and bad ways to tan a hide/cape and im sure there will be posts with them for him.Im just saying in our line of work dont rush threw, take the easiest fastest way possible,and slap stuff together.If so this is probably not the line of work for you to be in.(My point of veiw).
The best way to get a hide/cape tanned without "killing yourself" is to sent it off,the fastest way to get a cape/hide tanned is a different question that should not be in the same sentance as the best way.Attention to detail,best quaility possible=better taxidermy, or am i wrong?

[msbraintan]

Hey thanks for your detailed reply! Yes I do know what you all mean! And yes it is hard to avoid soaking and agitating! You really can't hurry any of this. It really shows when every attention to detail is placed slowly and deliberately.

[Dakota Hills]

luckD..............  You may want to look in to the DP method.

[luckyD]

    Dakota Hills thank you for your suggestion. my first deer I used D.P. and turned out great!
  my next deer going to use krowtann. just asked question to see what was out there as
  this is all new to me. was not expecting all the negativity.

[Dakota Hills]

That's ok,,, if you have thick skin and just look by some of that ,,there is a lot to be learned here.  They just want you to know there are no shortcuts when it comes to quality in this art!!

[Cole]

   Dakota Hills thank you for your suggestion. my first deer I used D.P. and turned out great!
  my next deer going to use krowtann. just asked question to see what was out there as
  this is all new to me. was not expecting all the negativity.

Krowtann takes WAY too long, you have to wait 2, sometimes three days for a hide to finish. What's even worse is Liqua Tan, after 3 days in the pickle you tan it, then wait another 6 hours for the tan to penetrate before you can do anything with it. Tanneries can take up to 120 days to get skins back. Who had time for that?

[Mark V.]

Dare I say it but over 10 years of using it Pressure tanning:-)

[insane1]

x2 on pressure tanner love it dont care what others say

[oldfather]

hello.
do you use hot watter in it?
don't you hurt the skin?

[nickstax]

10 plus yrs with P T no problems what so ever. i use warm water and my hides come out fine. i have tanned elk caribou bear and average 50 to 60 deer a year.