How long for drying , softening?
I worked a piece of deer skin a while back. Me and another guy worked it for 5 hours till it was dry. It about killed me. I have a bunch of hides I really need to get working on. Is 5 hours normal...
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Unfortunately, this question is impossible to answer. How much moisture is left in the hides? How big and thick are they? How hot/cold is it where you're softening? What's the humidity level and how...
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Frank, softening time can vary considerably depending upon several factors that could come into play. Number one might be, how well is a hide wrung out. A hide with lots of moisture still in will take...
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Ya the more you can wring out the hide and the hotter the day the faster it will dry! Plus a fan always help! I've worked a hide for 8 hours once. If you practise, practise, practise you get use to...
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I've done lots of big muley buck hides that took 8 hours. Elk or moose have taken as much as 17 hours. Staple plastic on both sides of the frame and take a nap half way through. Just is what it is, be...
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smokey wrote:How hard you have to work softening is directly related to how well you have done all of the steps before the softening stage.If I feel like what I am doing is "Read More
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So Pa.... when your using your dried brains are you just using the liquer from soaking them in or are you blending up the dried brains entirely with the soaking water ? I dried some last spring...
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" If I had to work a hide constantly for five hours, it'd about kill me, too. But working a hide for five-ten minutes and letting it dry for 15 before working it again is the norm. I use fans to speed...
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Wow you really have gotten a lot of good answers!Bottom line is ...untill its dry. Could be 3 hours or could be a lot longer.What PA said...I would not bet the Farm on leaving a hide damp...but it...
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save the rolling pin idea for pie crust or christmas cookie.... Not a light bulb moment..... Quills
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I had a reply written to this yesterday and then lost it when I logged in. By the time I put a hide on the frame, there are usually few to no wet spots on it. Up to that point, I work it over a staker...
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Okay so you just using the water with the dry brain juice ..like Dave said in that book .....I can do that .Ya the ohter night before last it was below zero ..ideal temps for that . Guess Mikes using...
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