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I believe the hair curling is related to bacteria damage and not anything to do with the actual tanning process causing the condition. Hair...
Three fresh hides in a 75 gal pickle will raise the PH significantly. I couldn't imagine using 7 gals for even one small hide. Tried it in a...
Yes, just break it up in chunks and weigh it out just like the powder. Breaks down in warm water in just a few minutes. Tans the same.
Nothing wrong with fair trade.
With only four days of drying that mount is going to have some major cracks around the eyes and lips in about a week.
I wouldn't get into making deals or doing mounts for cost. I did it and it came back and bit me in the rear, once you give breaks you will always...
On a side note, Every taxidermist should wear gloves when fleshing or skinning bears. Both my prior Boss and a prior taxidermist got what James...
I like to degrease in a separate bath. Degreasing in a pickle just makes for one nasty pickle, and the hides just sit in grease. Also try a...
I was just referring to the process after the hair has been removed and the hide has reached the pickle as far as salt in every stage. No need to...
The easy face should be easy, RIGHT.
Yes and yes. You can freeze at any stage. I believe kemal can be used at any stage, except in the tan or after. just make sure you have salt at...
Happens all the time, I have never noticed a difference in the tan. If not sealed, Lutan will attract moisture and turn hard as a rock. Do...
Alot of tanneries tumble in wood flour or saw dust and then tumble the hide in a caged drum to get all the sawdust off the hide. Sounds like those...
Anybody get an email from David Alonso and his 9 ft 5 inch 400 lb brown bear he wants to have mounted? ;D
I'm from Virginia, and yes, we do have alot of big bucks. But as far as 160 and 170 class bucks that make it in the books, they are still far and...
My biggest problem is clients calling before turn around time is up. When I say 6 to 10 months on a whitetail and they call at 4 months just...
If I had a chemistry degree I do not think I would be working in a tannery, maybe BASF where I would make a cool $150,000 a year ::). Anyways,...
I run a full time shop. Way back in the woods, and I am appointment only. I take in enough work to keep me going 60 hours a week 365 days a year....
That's just it, I have worked in a tannery. I have shaved tens of thousands of capes. I personally do not like capes that have the membrane pushed...
As long as you get the red meat and fat off your okay. For the tannery, a hide cleaned really good and a hide cleaned so so, makes no difference....
