biffo 0 Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 does anyone have any experience with oak bark paste tanning small skins? as in crushed/ground oak bark boiled up to release the tannins and applied to the flesh side of a stretched out skin. will it damage the fur or cause it to slip and would the resulting tanned pelt be waterproof? any help would be appreciated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueCoyote 0 Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 (edited) PDF file.. http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_l/l-103.pdf oak tannins http://www.braintan.com/barktan/2tannins.htm and this guy suggests removing all hair and flesh http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/hist_text-arch4/msg00713.html it seems, and i could be wrong because i havent read those articles in ages, that they want you to remove the fur..... one more link http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/leather/pl.html Edited August 6, 2008 by BlueCoyote Quote Link to post Share on other sites
biffo 0 Posted August 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 cheers bluecoyote, those methods seem to soak the whole hide though. i could find hardly any info on using a bark paste other than "it was sometimes used by native americans". oh well i'll test it out on a rabbit skin and see how it pans out. i'll post the results when i get it done cheers for the info Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlueCoyote 0 Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 if it fails then go with brain tanning. an old native american fella told me he uses a clothes dryer to soften the skins up. says he would put them on the no-heat setting, throw in a few pieces of wood or pair of old shoes and let them roll around until the skins were soft. may not want to try that with a dryer you use for your clothes though lol he laughed and said he'd go to laundromat and have them done there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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