. Directions for using the patent eagle tanning process. Wash and thoroughly cleanse the wool, lay them onslats in a tight room and steam them for twenty-fourhours, or until the wool slips off easily, leaving thepelt in good condition for tanning. Flesh them by theusual process and lay them in the tan. The steamdoes not injure the hides in the least. To prepare ELK AND DEER SKINS FOR GRAINING. In the first place they must be subjected to the HAIRING PROCESSComposed of 10 —PATENT EAGLE— 8 qts Hard-wood Asbcs, G qts Air-slaked Lime,Mixed with 8 Galls, cold Soft \Y. They should remain in this mix
. Directions for using the patent eagle tanning process. Wash and thoroughly cleanse the wool, lay them onslats in a tight room and steam them for twenty-fourhours, or until the wool slips off easily, leaving thepelt in good condition for tanning. Flesh them by theusual process and lay them in the tan. The steamdoes not injure the hides in the least. To prepare ELK AND DEER SKINS FOR GRAINING. In the first place they must be subjected to the HAIRING PROCESSComposed of 10 —PATENT EAGLE— 8 qts Hard-wood Asbcs, G qts Air-slaked Lime,Mixed with 8 Galls, cold Soft \Y. They should remain in this mixture until the hairor wool slips off easily, which will require troni 1 to 6days, owing in a great measure to the temperature ofthe weather. The cooler the weather the longer thetime required to loosen the hair or wool. Scrape thewool or hair off over the fleshing beam. Or, the hairor wool may he removed by the process beretofortioned. •The hide is now ready for. BATING ;Which is done in order to remove the alkali aiduce the hides. (The alkali, if not taken out, \injute the leather.) •an or 1 peck of Oat Meal fermented, or 1lb Starch, £lb Sulphuric Acid, mixed with 8 gallswarm Soft them remain in the bate, handling andand working them at least twice a day over the fleshingbeam until they are reduced nearly to their originalthickness and perfectly soft as when green, requiringas a general thing, from two to four days, dependingmuch on the temperature of the weather. All lighthides used for Gloves and Mittens, such as Calf, Deer,Deacon, and Sheep skins, should be raised again beforetanning by immersion in a solution of Sal Soda, as fol-lows : • 2 ounces Sal Soda, - 4 qts Soft are now supposed to be properly haired, grained,and raised, ready for immersion in the Tanning Liquorheretofore described. Handle as therein directed andthe result will be satisfactory. -TANNING PROCESS.—TO TAN
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