roosmom
Almost Self-Reliant
NO I have not been that bad. Finally got around to tanning our hides. Hubby cut off my antlers to get the brains...then went out to a popular dump site and picked up two more brains.
I put all three brains in a saucepan, added four and a half cups water, mushed it all up really really well and brought it to a boil.
Here is the brain - water mixture
for anyone trying this...prepare yourself, I found it to be a very smelly saucepan. It isnt SMACK in your face smelly, just insistant.
Here I am rubbing the mix into the hide. Yes I know it is supposed to be good for softness of the hands, but after I smelled it, I just couldnt.
Here my hide is all rubbed with the brain mixture and laying on a board to dry till tomorrow
Here is hubby rubbing the mix into his hide (notice the washclothe? Not sure why he used that lol.
Here is his hide draped over a poleawating tomorrow and the second application.
The directions were not real clear on whether to tack it to a board as it dryed so we didnt. It also didnt say how long to rub it in for and I rubbed it in as good as I could. I even helped hubby rub his in.
I will post more pics as we go along. I am really excited about this. I have always wanted to tan hides with the fur on.
I put all three brains in a saucepan, added four and a half cups water, mushed it all up really really well and brought it to a boil.
Here is the brain - water mixture


for anyone trying this...prepare yourself, I found it to be a very smelly saucepan. It isnt SMACK in your face smelly, just insistant.
Here I am rubbing the mix into the hide. Yes I know it is supposed to be good for softness of the hands, but after I smelled it, I just couldnt.

Here my hide is all rubbed with the brain mixture and laying on a board to dry till tomorrow

Here is hubby rubbing the mix into his hide (notice the washclothe? Not sure why he used that lol.

Here is his hide draped over a poleawating tomorrow and the second application.

The directions were not real clear on whether to tack it to a board as it dryed so we didnt. It also didnt say how long to rub it in for and I rubbed it in as good as I could. I even helped hubby rub his in.
I will post more pics as we go along. I am really excited about this. I have always wanted to tan hides with the fur on.