#TANNING GOAT HIDES SKIN#

Although I have also used a similar process with rabbit skins, but adjusted the amount of force I used in fleshing and wringing the hides in order to keep from tearing holes in the paper thin skin. The process I have developed is best suited for small ruminants like goats and sheep that have relatively thin hides. I give credit to all the folks at for the wonderful knowledge base they have accumulated on traditional and practical modern methods for brain tanning. With a little hard work and a lot of patience, you can be creating buckskins and furs in as little as a few days.īelow I offer my own variant of this age old process which I've adapted from studying and experimenting with several different approaches. Although the process of tanning involves a lot of complex chemistry, the dynamics of brain-tanning as straightforward enough for pretty much anyone to pick-up. People around the world, and particularly tribes throughout North America, have been utilizing various brain-tanning process for creating buckskin and furs for a long time. The fur is combed with brushes and a comb.A brain-tanned fur-on goat hide. Then it is treated with chalk / tooth powder. The last stage of dressing is cleaning the flesh with sandpaper. As it dries, the goats are crumpled and stretched to keep them soft and elastic. The skins are stretched on a frame, coated with a brush and left to dry in a place protected from the sun. At home, it can be prepared from equal parts of yolk and glycerin. To prevent the tanning agent from being washed out of the flesh, the skins are covered with a layer of fat emulsion. The tanned skins are wrung out, laid on a bed for 12 hours. The first is poured in 4 hours, the second - 2 hours before the end of tanning. To do this, dissolve 250 grams of baking soda in hot water, divide into 2 servings. At the end, neutralization is carried out. The whole tanning process lasts from 20 to 24 hours. After 5-6 hours add the 2nd part of the tanning agent.

#TANNING GOAT HIDES SKIN#

Place the skin in the tanning agent, stirring once an hour for 10 minutes. In 10 liters of water at a temperature of 40 degrees, half of the prepared chrome tanning agent is dissolved (90 grams of chromium sulfate is poured with 900 milliliters of boiling water, stirred and divided into 2 parts). chromium sulfate with a basicity of 42.

chromopik (potassium dichromate) + sulfuric acid.

Duration of soaking ranges from 20 to 48 hours, depending on the condition of the goat after drying.

To speed up soaking, to prevent decay and grease (excess moisture in the flesh), you need:įor overdried skins, vinegar essence is added to the solution at the rate of 2 grams per 1 liter. 1 skin requires at least 10 liters of water. Hard and dry skins for dressing must be softened, which requires soaking.

Dry the skins in a dry, warm, ventilated room for 2 weeks. Thin skins of kids are dried without salt (fresh-dry method). The salt is then scraped off and the skin is pulled over the frame for drying. Then the goat is covered with salt (1.5-2 kilograms), folded in an envelope and left in a cool room for 3 days so that the salt absorbs moisture from the flesh. Preparation for preservation begins with the removal of meat and fat residues. The removed skin is cooled by placing its skin upside down for 30 minutes.

Tanning goat hides