I am having problems rehydrating a two year old commercialy tanned deer hide that I received. It is much smaller than it should be. I tried using cold salt water for 45 minutes. That did not seem to work. Should I leave it in for longer? I need to ractivate it and stretch it back out. The question is how?
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Goto the tanning archives and it will be there. It needs to be soaked in the water for about 30 minutes and then bag it up in a plastic bag and refridgerate overnite. I throw a handful of salt in mine. That should rehydrate it for you.
Todd B
Todd, Thank you for the advice, I do appreciate it! I am going to try it out.