http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/21717/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:41:37 GMT Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:27:51 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/21717/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/200265/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html#reply-200265 feeds@yuku.com (Minutemann 1) http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/sreply/200265 Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:27:51 GMT http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/197957/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html#reply-197957 feeds@yuku.com (Minutemann 1) http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/sreply/197957 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:09:16 GMT http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/197516/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html#reply-197516 feeds@yuku.com (Minutemann 1) http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/sreply/197516 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:33:59 GMT http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/197192/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html#reply-197192 feeds@yuku.com (Hillbilly NC) http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/sreply/197192 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:15:58 GMT http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/197032/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html#reply-197032
I looked up fir bark and Home Depot and Lowes has it. Have to be careful some is not pure bark, but mixed with other wood chips or nut hulls. Just what I read in a forum talking about fir bark for horticultural purposes. The inner bark kind is less expensive, good for tanning I'd think, and it is supposed to be more powdery.

Glad to know a source for bark tanning. I might want to try this one some of my stored rawhide this winter.

Jan ]]> feeds@yuku.com (JoyDelight) http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/sreply/197032 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:18:50 GMT http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/196902/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html#reply-196902
Go to your local garden shop and pick up a 50 lb bag of landscaping fir bark - fine sized, not coarse. I have used this before with decent results on goatskins and some deer. Just simmer it as you would any other tannin producing tree bark.

The wood (or sawdust) of these trees would be of little value in extracting tannins. They are present but not near as concentrated as in the bark.

Patrick ]]> feeds@yuku.com (inwabo) http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/sreply/196902 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:56:15 GMT http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/196874/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html#reply-196874 Now I gotta wait a week til my arborist friend gets home from vacation to get some more oak chippings. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Minutemann 1) http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/sreply/196874 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:13:07 GMT http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/196753/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html#reply-196753 feeds@yuku.com (JoyDelight) http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/sreply/196753 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:07:30 GMT http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/196379/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html#reply-196379 Gonna check it out this week.
Got no idea what the ph level is. If I can't tan... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Minutemann 1) http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/sreply/196379 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:21:34 GMT http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/196290/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html#reply-196290
Got any photogrpahs? I'd like to see what the hides look like at this stage. Have you checked the ph of the water? braintan.com has some great information on bark tanning.

Jan ]]> feeds@yuku.com (JoyDelight) http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/sreply/196290 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:54:35 GMT http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/195415/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html#reply-195415 I'm out of bark and just found out my brother in law sold the chipper/ shredder my dad used to have in the garage. Guess I'm gonna have to find some more bark. I've used a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Minutemann 1) http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/sreply/195415 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:38:56 GMT http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/195065/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html#reply-195065 feeds@yuku.com (Minutemann 1) http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/sreply/195065 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:38:55 GMT http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/194122/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html#reply-194122 feeds@yuku.com (Minutemann 1) http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/sreply/194122 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 15:39:33 GMT http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/193708/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html#reply-193708 feeds@yuku.com (Rocks in Head) http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/sreply/193708 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:53:30 GMT http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/193707/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html#reply-193707 feeds@yuku.com (Rocks in Head) http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/sreply/193707 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:53:30 GMT http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/193697/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html#reply-193697 I cut through the neck on three of the hides today and they are still not struck through yet. The thinnest(grained one) is the farthest along but its still got some white in the center. I really need to get the tannin concentration up I think . Hopefully that'll speed things up a bit. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Minutemann 1) http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/sreply/193697 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:13:28 GMT http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/193025/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html#reply-193025
Patrick ]]> feeds@yuku.com (inwabo) http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/sreply/193025 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:08:08 GMT http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/192751/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html#reply-192751 How long should I expect it to take for the grain on hides to be done?
I'm checking them... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Minutemann 1) http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/sreply/192751 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:41:04 GMT http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/192683/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html#reply-192683 Yeah, bark was green and fresh when I got it.
Thanks fror the link , inwabo, Yeah, I'd read it.
Gonna strengthen the solution this afternoon.
Need to haul them out anyway and check on the progress. They've been in since the 6th of December. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Minutemann 1) http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/sreply/192683 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:58:02 GMT http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/reply/192489/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html#reply-192489
HAve you read this article? http://www.braintan.com/barktan/1basics.htm

It was very helpful to me when learning to barktan.

I like to make my bark solutions in a large pot - simmer a potful of bark and water for 6-8 hours, then add to the tanning container. If you need solutions stronger than you can get just by simmering bark you can concentrate solutions by adding several... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (inwabo) http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/sreply/192489 Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:23:39 GMT http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/21717/t/Dehairing-and-Bark-tanning-39-s.html Heres where I lost my gumption. I grained the smallest hide and threw the other two over the hill. The lye just seemed like a giant... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Minutemann 1) http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/topic/21717 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:41:37 GMT