Are these hides still workable?

Submitted by Johnny on 12/06/2002. ( Dakota114@hotmail.com ) 63.21.127.128

Last year i decided to try my hand at tanning a deer hide (with the hair on)i read,read, read.Anyway, i fleshed the hides really good, salted them down and then pickled them in a salt,water,and vingear solution.I was pleased that when i was done that the hides where nice and white.Here is the problem,after i pickled them i decided i would use the aluminum sulphate method to tan them.I had to order the aluminum sulphate from Rittels, so while i was waiting for it to arrive i just threw the hides in the freezer.Needless to say after it arrived i never got around to tanning them.Now it has been a year, is it ok to thaw them out and go ahead and tan them now?

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do it

This response submitted by Frank E. Kotula on 12/06/2002. ( basswtrout@aol.com ) 172.130.21.181

There shouldn't be a problem as long as the hide was frozen and not dried.


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