@95hanhepiwi I don't really know but that sounds about right. A dozen eggs or however much you need to soak the hide in. Do it after you've wrung it out real good so it will soak up the eggs like a sponge. Of course you wouldn't cook 'em! I recently started cooking the brains to kill any pathogens or bacteria and cuz it smells a little bit better but I've used uncooked brains plenty of times. Let me know if your egg treatment works.
@coopers204 I never used eggs, but I've read about it. I used neatsfoot oil and a little soap and it turned out ok.
I noticed the drums in your videos are kinda dark, you guys use rawhide for drumheads, right? I don't think you could use this braintanned stuff for a drum, it's too soft. but you could stretch a hide out tight on a rack and it might look whiter and just let it dry and don't use any oils to soften it.
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jaymarco123 5 days ago
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jaymarco123 5 days ago
How many eggs would you use to tan a deer hide? The same amount as brains?
95hanhepiwi 3 months ago
@95hanhepiwi I don't really know but that sounds about right. A dozen eggs or however much you need to soak the hide in. Do it after you've wrung it out real good so it will soak up the eggs like a sponge. Of course you wouldn't cook 'em! I recently started cooking the brains to kill any pathogens or bacteria and cuz it smells a little bit better but I've used uncooked brains plenty of times. Let me know if your egg treatment works.
OL8Twho 3 months ago
At 2:00 I really thought you were going to lick the spoon :-D
Linnas79 6 months ago
Yeah I do natural tan, a friend said to scrap and use that foot oil or brains but I know that is one way if making leather ( I smoke mine) Thanks
coopers204 10 months ago
How would you use the footoil ? And the eggs?
I clean hides but have only been taught natural color, interested in getting that whitish color for the drums
Thanks
coopers204 10 months ago
@coopers204 I never used eggs, but I've read about it. I used neatsfoot oil and a little soap and it turned out ok.
I noticed the drums in your videos are kinda dark, you guys use rawhide for drumheads, right? I don't think you could use this braintanned stuff for a drum, it's too soft. but you could stretch a hide out tight on a rack and it might look whiter and just let it dry and don't use any oils to soften it.
OL8Twho 10 months ago