tanning

Krowtann

1) skin animal

2) rough flesh - you do not need to
take off anything except big chunks of
flesh - skin will tan thru membrane?fat
that is left on animal

3) throw in krowtann per instructions

4) you can leave skin in krowtann
indefinitely (months at least) - you do
not need to check ph or salt skin b4
tanning

5) neutralize

6) let hang for a couple hours to get
rid of excess moisture or spin in washer

7) flesh thoroughly and remove
everything - i always turn ears and
bondo them b4 they dry up - if you
dont fix ears they will dry all weird and
unshapely - degrease if necessary

8) skin should be moderately dry b4
next step

9) oil with good quality tanning oil - i
have used 3 or 4 and cant tell the
difference between them - let skin set
overnite folded

10) wipe off any excess oil that may be
puddled

11) hang up to dry where air will hit
flesh side

12) legs will start to dry first - physically
stretch the skin - this is called breaking
- on small mammals this is easilly done
by hand - some people will work the
skin over an edge of table or tool
made specifically for this task

13) keep checking skin at least once a
day and break areas as they dry - as
you stretch an area it will turn white -
these areas are done - over a period
of 4-6 days the entire skin will have
dried out - as you work on skin it will
get softer and softer - tumble to clean
hair and get rid of any excess oil

14) krowtann is a miracle product but
is not desinged for soft tanning - it
does a fine job however on mammals
up to coyote size

Lutanf

1) skin animal

2) rough flesh and get most everything
off of animal skin

3) salt overnite but do not let skin
completely dry out

4) pickle with safety acid

5) neutralize

6) spin or hang hide to get water out

7) do final fleshing and degrease if
necessary

8) put in lutanf no longer than 12 hours

9) rinse out hide quickly

10) go to other column and follow
steps 8 to the end