So today we continued onto the next step of tanning our sheepskin. We rinsed the brined skin. Above is the skin surface, and below is the wool surface. DC was sheared a little over one month before he was butchered so his wool is fairly short.
And then we placed his skin in a pickling solution made with acid and salt. It will remain here for 3 days.
How did the sheepskin turn out?
We are still in process. We finished the first pickling, degreased it and now it is pickling again. The next step is tanning. I will blog about it when we finally tan it.
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