I need information about rabbit hides.

Submitted by Crystal on 02/17/2003. ( crystal_b99@hotmail.com ) 216.198.100.127

We just killed 2 rabbits & my mom wants to keeps the hides.She has them soaking in a bucket,but she needs to know what chemicals are needed to make the "brine"(is that right?)to make them soft.If anyone knows what I can do,please email me or post somethin.THANX
-crystal

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soaking

This response submitted by paul bunyan on 02/17/2003. ( ) 209.214.52.175

First get them dry asap! Then you need to clean most of the fat of them and salt them asap. While they are salting you need to get info on tanning. Click on the search button and type tanning.
salt
rehydrate
pickle
tan
oil
liqua tan would work good for this
good luck


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