After the tannery, what prep work will I need to do besides dehydrating and sweating the hide, do I put the hide paste on a sweated hide or wait for hide to be dry?
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I never washed cape, there are some blood stains on flesh.
I meant rehydrating.
Some tanneries like East Coast send your capes back with next to nothing to do but pull your ear cartilage, rehydrate and mount. Others will send you a cape that need be finish trimmed in the critical areas ie: eyes, lips, nose etc.You say you have some blood stains you need to get out? If you have blood stains on a cape that's come back from the tannery, I'd be suspect of their thoroughness in tanning. Your capes coming back from the tannery should need no more washing, just rehydration. There's a bunch of good tanneries out there, before you put all your eggs in one basket, may I recommend you try a few and find one that performs their task to your liking, Happy Holidays and best of luck to you........