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Offline maddog314

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? on tanning
« on: November 21, 2010, 04:42:05 pm »
I have a deer hide that I just put ash paste on and I am woundering how long to leave this mix on and if I just salt it can I brain( egg) tan it after this ? thanks
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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2010, 06:00:50 pm »
Leave it in the ash paste until the hair begins to slip. You should check it every day anyway. I don't think you want to salt it if you plan to brain(egg) tan it. I've never done one so I'm just guessing here!  ;D
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« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2010, 12:06:35 am »
Thanks Pat B

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Re: ? on tanning
« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2010, 10:34:20 am »
You can still braintan after salting with no problems,  you just have to rinse all the salt out really well.
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« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2010, 12:07:31 pm »
We never do anything to ours but flesh ,roll up and put in the freezer if we can't rack it right away,never tried making the hair slip,but I would suggest doing as Pat said,cause when it slips it is real close to spoiling. :)
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Offline maddog314

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Re: ? on tanning
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2010, 02:42:32 pm »
What do I do to brain tan it?

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« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2010, 04:37:10 pm »
Brain tanning is very in depth. Its not hard but there is a lot to learn to produce a good hide.
A quick brake down of how we do it.
#1 Flesh it
#2 rack it
#3 Scrape off the hair and epidermis
#4 un rack it
#5 put the deer brain in a blender with water and blind it to a soup, then put it in a pot and bring it to a boil to kill any diseases or bacteria. dump in a 5 gal bucket and add about 1-2 gals of water.
#6 put hide in bane slurry
#7 ring it and soak it 3 times.
#8 sew up the hide into a sock
#9 Huck it up to a smoker and smoke it
#10 flip it inside out and smoke the other side
#11 cut out sting and soak it.
#12 put it back into the brains and soak and ring it 3 more times.
#13 ring it out real good and start braking it by stretching the hide every directing. you can do this on your knees out with a cable
#14 let it dry and stretch it every 10 mins until its dry
#15 sew it back up and smoke both sides.

And your done.
go to www.braintan.come for more info.
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Offline aaron

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Re: ? on tanning
« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2010, 12:09:26 pm »
i've brain tanned a few and tried egg for the first time this summer- worked fine. i used a dozen fresh eggs . good luck!
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