Hello,
My question is this:
How many times can the rehydration bath be used? Can it be used indefinatly or is there some form of standard to follow? I'm wondering because I've got a cape ready to be put in to be rehydrated and the formula seems very dirty and has a red tint from a cape that had blood in it. Also, how long will a salt dried cape keep and is there a proceedure to fallow to keep it in this state ?
PS. I've used the 2 lbs. of salt to 1 gallon of water method!
Figured you may need to know this to give a good answer !
Thanks, Lance!
Lance, I'm not an expert yet on tanning, but I think I know the answer to this one. I would rehydrate only in a clean solution. As the cape rehydrates it will be pulling some of the dirty water back into the hyde, giving bacteria more of a feeding ground later. It's ok to put more than one cape at a time in the solution, but you should use a clean solution for your next batch of skins.
Gordon
Gordon said it all! a rehydration bath is cheep , why risk an expensive cape?