Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: maddog314 on November 21, 2010, 04:42:05 pm
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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
Micah
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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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Thanks Pat B
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You can still braintan after salting with no problems, you just have to rinse all the salt out really well.
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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. :)
Pappy
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What do I do to brain tan it?
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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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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!