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tanning your own skins.....how?

 
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earthsoul



Joined: 10 Feb 2011
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Location: Ceredigion West Wales
PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 11 9:06 am    Post subject: tanning your own skins.....how? Reply with quote
    

A friend of mine has Soay sheep and wants to know how to tan the skins...I know faithmead does hers I just wondered if anyone knew how to do it, or had different ideas?

Nicky cigreen



Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9702
Location: Devon, uk
PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 11 9:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

personally i have the fortune to live not that far from a tannery and w go around with the skins and they do it..

but there is this downsizer article

Truffle



Joined: 07 Feb 2006
Posts: 526

PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 11 9:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

we are going to try the same thing and found another article here:https://www.motherearthnews.com/modern-homesteading/how-to-tan-a-hide.aspx

Incidentally, we have a proven Soay ram to swap so that we can get new blood in the flock (and ram-lambs FS)- PM if anyone's interested.

Please take photos of the process earthsoul and we'll do the same

cheers,
truffle

Mrs R



Joined: 15 Aug 2008
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 11 8:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I get kits from snowdonia taxidermy for small skins (although you can do big skins, it's a lot of work!) - it's not in any way organic, but it's easy enough to do, just a case of fleshing, washing and then painting various concoctions on, then it's done in a matter of days, and machine washable

Mutton



Joined: 09 May 2009
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 11 11:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Machine washable with the fleece on?

Cobnut



Joined: 29 Aug 2008
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Location: North Herefordshire
PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 11 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mrs R wrote:
I get kits from snowdonia taxidermy...

Me too. I used their kit to do a fallow deer skin and it was a clean enough process. I've not got round to softening it so it's like cardboard, but it's not gone off so I'm pleased

Mrs R



Joined: 15 Aug 2008
Posts: 7202

PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 11 4:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mutton wrote:
Machine washable with the fleece on?


yup, or hair - you can do any kind of hair-on skins. Cheap too, £16/kit last I looked, and you can do 4 normal sized skeepskins with that.

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