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Post by riverrat on Feb 16, 2010 10:28:28 GMT -5
Home made Tanning Salts.
A couple of years ago I got this recipe for tanning salts.
The questions I have are going to create quite a few heated discussions but I am looking for the pros and cons about making my own tanning salts. As well as where to get the chemicals from.
100 lbs Salt 90 lbs Alum 5 lbs Soda Ash
I have been told Sea Salt is the best to use, and assume Alum is Aluminum Sulfate.
What are your opinions as well any other suggestions.
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Post by jscanlan1 on Feb 20, 2010 8:50:24 GMT -5
I think sea salt working the best is over rated. I think regular salt works fine. I think the thinking is, that table salt has a base added to it to keep it from clumping and that this base would raise the pH of the tanning solution. Sounds good in theory but I tested the theory and found that there is so little base in it that it doesn't affect the pH. Alum as in Aluminum Sulfate was mainly used as a pickling agent and Chrome Alum was used for tanning.
The Soda ash is sodium bicarbonate which is a base, why it is part of a tanning formula I don't know. It seems like the formula is more of a pickling dehairing formula.
Interesting topic, I'm going to have to research some more. Jeff
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Post by jwj4856 on Feb 20, 2010 10:54:36 GMT -5
Sea salt and plain salt without iodine added work rqually as well, you just do not want salt with iodine.
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Post by budstaxidermy on Jun 23, 2010 21:55:55 GMT -5
What does the iodine in salt do? I've always heard not to use it, but I don't know why. Is it a chemical problem, or staining, etc?
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