This might be a stupid question, but is there any benifit to salting a hide, then rehydrate, then use a dry preservitive? If there is no benifit, does it hurt to do it this way? I hate to wait for a hide to thaw and it only takes a couple of hours to rehydrate one. Thanks
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He who asks a stupid question is stupid for 5 minutes he who doesn't ask a question is Stupid for a life time. It can be done salting is important it starts the preservation process. Salt will get all the moisture out of the hide and lock in the folicles. The best thing is don't handle the hides too much Each time you do something with them you are at risk. The amount of time it takes to thaw a hide it shouldn't go bad on you just flesh quickly. I would go the salt route
I only use dry Preservative on birds so until you exsperiment and lose a couple like that you will have your answer maybe some one else can give their opinion.
With Dry Preserve, you are defeating the purpose. The salt will only remove moisture. The DP uses the "drying out" process to penetrate the epidermal layer. If you've already salted, the DP has no way of working. If you don't already use Bess Maid by Touchstone, get a copy of their catalog and read what Mr. Sam Touchstone has to say. Agree or disagree, it's quite interesting reading.