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If anybody is interested it went very well and I now have two beautiful sheepskin rugs done by myself!
Found it http://www.snowdoniasupplies.co.uk/cgi-bin/catalogue.pl?ref=tanningkits Last time, rats ran off with the skins for their nests when I tried salting them .
Quote from: Fleecewife on November 29, 2017, 04:06:47 pmFound it http://www.snowdoniasupplies.co.uk/cgi-bin/catalogue.pl?ref=tanningkits Last time, rats ran off with the skins for their nests when I tried salting them . Thought it was just me - did some tanning solution on bunnies skins, might have been k tan (orange bottle) my land lady's dog ate them!
Quick run through of procedure: pick up skins same day as killed from abattoir and cover generously with salt. Leave a week. Rinse off. Deflesh using a knife or fleshing blade. That bit took about an hour. Wash a few times. I did 3 washes in sink and last one in washing machine on wool cycle. I used bio d wash liquid. Lay on a pallet and apply the kit solutions every 24 hours. That took about 5/6 days but quick to do each coat. Made a wooden frame 5x4ft and stitched skin to frame to stretch it. Leave to dry. When nearly dry start to work the skin. I rubbed it with a lawn edging tool. Then sand with coarse sand paper. Take off frame, trim edges. Brush wool which took a while. Finished!
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