Thread: Tahr Skin Tanning Problem Leder Tanning Kit

Done a heap of skins over the years, using Leidretters or Leders products. Firstly, salt it, and then salt it again. Then deflesh it using the double hailed fleshing tool across a post running from about waist height to the ground. Then when you put it in the solution, carefully place it in edge down, so the skin is vertical and try to make sure it has no bubbles. Stir it up every day for 2 weeks, always checking to make sure there are no bubbles. When you place it out to dry, or stretch it, leave it an hour or 2 just to get rid of the excess solution. Then weigh it to give you an accurate weight for your leather lube. Always dry it out of the sun, around the back of the shed and with a decent airflow. Then when you think its all done and ready, I found the easiest way to break it and make it soft and pliable and white was to use a coarse Cintride disc in the drill, sand it all over. And if you've dried it all strung out in a big wooden frame, then it scrubs up even better cos you've got no hard material behind it to cause you to sand through on any edges etc and the skin is flexible and forgiving.