I am just starting to tan as a hobby. I am wondering if I can use ez tan to do all my tanning projects. I will be making buckskin from deer and bear. I will also be tanning sea otter, bear, mt. goat, seal, and wolf hair on. I don't have a shop and don't want to have to deal hazardous materials. I use the leather making garments. I have used EZ tan on sea otter with success. This may be a stupid question but I am a little confused by all the differant ways to tan. I would like to find one method suitable for all.
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but making anything except gloves or something out of deer skin would not me a good idea. I tried getting a mid length trench coat made out of whitetail hides and they said over time it would start to sag and look like crap. Just and idea for you!
I'd recommend for tanning Weasel to Bison! It's a great all-around tan for rugging its one of your best choices.
As for leather garments - like Joe T said - I would choose Chrome tanned skins for them. Chrome tanned skins have "memory" so if you distort them they want to return to their original shape. EZ-100 skins would tend to not do this. Instead - leather Tanners would first tan the skins with Chrome - then retan them with EZ-100 to lighten the coloration and give them more fullness. Then they dye them.