Fur Hide Tanning Formula for Hunters and Trappers - 8 oz Bottle - Fur Handling

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Instructions
For best results, start with fresh, green skin. Carefully scrape or cut  off all meat and fat until skin is very clean. If applicable, skin out ears
and paws, split tail. If skin has been dried, you should first soak in  plain water, just long enough to soften. (For red or grey fox use salt  water, ½ lb. salt/gal. at room temperature.)
To tan hair-on: Salt the flesh side with TABLE SALT. Work PLENTY OF SALT  into entire hide including ears, paws, etc. Fold salted hide flesh on flesh,  roll up and leave 24 hrs. Then scrape off old salt and repeat with clean  salt for another 24 hrs. Then scrape off salt again and go to Step 4.
To tan hair-off: (e.g. buckskin) Immerse hide in plain water. NO SALT.  Change water daily until hair loosens (usually 4-6 days of deer or elk).  Pull or scrape off hair is removed. Rinse well in clean water and go to Step  4
Prepare a salt bath by mixing 1 lb. of table salt per gal. of hot  water. (For hair-off tanning only, e.g. buckskin, add 1 capful of Clorox per  5 gall. of salt bath). Mix salt bath thoroughly and let cool. Then Immerse  hide 6-8 hrs. (except red or grey fox just 15 min.). Remove, rinse in cool  water and drain.
Using a sharp knife, thin skin as much as possible, removing any  remaining membrane. A wire wheel can be used if skin is allowed to almost  dry first.
After skin is thinned, wash in warm water with liquid dish soap (e.g.  Dawn) to remove salt and grease. Very greasy skins such as raccoon, beaver  and bear should be washed twice with dish soap to remove all grease. Then  hang to drain
Warm Hide Tanning Formula (HTG) by sitting bottle in pot of hot tap  water for 30 min. The skin should be at room temperature, semidry, but still  moist and flexible. Shake warm HTF well and apply an even layer to the flesh  side. Apply with paint brush, or by hand wearing rubber gloves. Massage  firmly into all areas of the skin.
Fold the skin flesh side unto itself and leave overnight (12-16 hours).  If it is a cased skin, just turn it fur out and hang at room temperature,  away from direct heat. This will allow the fur to dry while the hide is  tanning. After this 12-16 hr. tanning time, open the flesh side to the air  (or if a cased pelt, turn the flesh side out again) and let dry slowly over  2-3 days. As it dries, periodically pull and stretch the skin until it is  completely dry and soft. If the skin is still stiff in a few spots, dampen  those areas with warm water, reapply warm HTF and repeat.
OPTIONAL: When the skin is fully tanned and dry it can be thinned  further with a wire wheel or coarse sandpaper if a higher degree of  suppleness is desired. Also, pulling the tanned hide back and forth over a  tight rope works very well for softening
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