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Tanning hides with alum2/27/2024 Once your skins are completely re-hydrated, they should go into the pickle bath immediately. You want to leave the skins in the rehydration bath until they are completely re-hydrated, but no longer. It is very important to understand that bacteria can grow in the re-hydration bath. ![]() Most salt-dried skins will re-hydrate in 6 to 8-hours, but air-dried hides can take up to 12-hours to fully re-hydrate. While some tanners add salt to their re-hydration bath, I prefer to use just plain water. The goal is to bring them back to an as-skinned state. The re-hydrating process is simply re-wetting air or salt-dried skins. I quickly learned that if I followed these five steps, soft, supple furs could be produced every time. ![]() There are five steps involved when tanning with Trubond: rehydrating the hide, pickling it, de-greasing, neutralizing, and applying the tanning oil. I really liked the soft white leather this tan produced with very little breaking. This is a true synthetic tan that is very easy to use and is even washable. Trubond is a relatively new paint-on tan that is getting rave reviews by everyone who tries it. The paint on tans appealed to me because they did not require a water bath to do the actual tanning.Įverything I read, and everyone I talked to, advised me to stay away from alum-based tans, and those containing harsh chemicals. I was surprised to learn that in addition to the submersible tans like the one Robert was using, there are also paint on tans. I decided to do some research on the different chemicals that are available to home tanners. ![]() The procedure Robert explained sounded much easier. Although I had never done any tanning of my own, I envisioned a long labor-intensive procedure that involved hours of scraping and breaking the hides by hand.
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