Home Manufacture of Furs And Skins a book of Practical Instructions Telling How
Home Manufacture of Furs And Skins a book of Practical Instructions Telling How
Albert Burton Farnham
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This bate is prepared by pouring hot water upon bran and the skins kept in this liquid at about seventy degrees, when fermentation soon begins. In this the skins are moved about fre- quently for a day or more, then well rinsed in clear water and put to tan in a weak extract of oak bark, sumac or gambia. This is strengthened every few daj's for perhaps three weeks when the hides are removed and partially dried so they may be shaved again on the fleh side to reduce the thickness still further. Th...ey $re then returned to the tan liquor for several days longer, Strengthening the liquid from time to time. The . 1 50 MISCELLANEOUS SKINS 151 tanning finished, they are scoured or washed well, stretched and nailed on boards or frames and dried. If intended for shoes the leather is now well filled with a tallow and oil dressing which is omitted otherwise, and the hides staked to make them soft and pliable. This is the commercial tanning and dressing of alligator skins, and it produces a yellowish brown leather which is also dyed black and various colors for ornamental use.
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