Just learning and real limited on space. Just wanted to make sure you can stack capes with salt on them on top of each other without harming the hair side of the top ones. I'm sure I've seen them stacked before, but wanted to ask. Better safe than sorry...
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They must dry, there is bacteria that grows in salt.
A fellow I know staked 17 bear skins, salted be tween each layer, I told him no that they would slip but of course he did not listen, he blamed the slippage on the tannery.
A salted skin needs to elevated on one side, pref the haed so fluids don't run into the fur or hair, once the cape or skin is been under salte for a couple days, lift it off the board and place over a saw horse or two and put a fan on it to finish the drying.
Once hard aka flint dry then you can stack them.
I stack deer hides and usually have over 75 in the stack when they come to buy them. I dont have a spoilage or slippage problem. I sold over 500 this past season. I dont stack my capes , simply because I would rather hang them and let them drip dry. But if you use enough salt I wouldnt be afraid to stack em.
I stack all of mine and don't have a slippage problem. I had one mule deer slip this year but the guy had the deer for 5 days before bringing it to me. His problem. Just use enough salt.