Soak the hide until the flesh and tissue have been loosened. Prepare a soaking solution of one ounce borax for each gallon of warm soft water.
Tanning rabbit hides skin#
If you want to tan the hide immediately you can soak the skin six to eight hours in salt water, one cup of salt to each gallon of warm soft water. Soak a stiff hide thoroughly in water before it can be handled or folded. Salted hides will not keep through warm weather and should not be frozen.įully dried hides can be kept through warm seasons but will be brittle and fur will deteriorate. cover every inch of the skin and be careful not to get any on the fur side.įold skin in half flesh sides together then roll up and place on sloping surface (such as drain board) so the solution will drain out of the pelt as it formsĪfter thirty six hours, unroll the skin shake out the old salt, flesh side up and resalt it, again using at least one pound of salt for each pound of hide.Īfter 48 hours spread the hide out flat and let it dry in a cool airy place away from heat and out of the sun.Ĭan be stored or tanned immediately. Salting: slit hide down belly and pour one pount of salt for every pound of hide in the middle of the skin and begin rubbing the salt in working from the cetner to the outer edges of the skin. Rince in clear warm water, spread out in the shade until almost dry, pulling and stretching as it dries or put it back on th stretching frame or board Wash in warm soapy water scrubbing with a stiff brush where necessary to remove blood or dirt. small or tightly attached pieces which are difficult to remove may be left. scrape off as much loose material as possible without cutting or gouging th skin. Stretch it as it cools out on a drying frame fresh side out (or can pin it to a board stretching in each direction)Ĭlean by scraping off as much flesh, fat, dried blood and dirt as possible using a blunt knife, a kitchen spoon or the dull side of a fleshing knife.
(cut from heel to heel and hang by hind legs) and skinning should be done asap after the animal is killed (so the skin doesn't shrink as it cools Skin it, make sure your ot cutting it off the animal, you want to peal the skin off using the natural division of muscle and skin. If you want to make a tough hard wearing fur heres an easy one:
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