Re: Bears

Submitted by DWC on 12/22/2003. ( ) 67.27.39.152

Do you degrease a bear hide first and then salt or just salt?

This response submitted by las on 12/22/2003. ( ) 64.201.200.223

depends on how big a hurry you are In
you can do bothways

This response submitted by Paul on 12/22/2003. ( paulstax2000@yahoo.com ) 68.85.38.233

You should always salt dry a raw skin, hide, cape before wetting it. Degreasing should be done after pickling and before tanning.

This response submitted by DWC on 12/23/2003. ( ) 67.27.37.241

Thanks for your response Paul

This response submitted by Bill Yox on 12/24/2003. ( ) 64.12.96.137

Salt wont penetrate the grease. Beam it clean and then salt it.