I suppose, tanning is like raising bunnies. I wouldn't want to get it wet and take the time to dry the fur side, for fear of slip. I keep the rabbits clean while alive and as clean as possible through the whole skinning process.Īn ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, right?
#TANNING HIDES WITH EGGS SKIN#
Just don't use an important skin to learn on!!įor this experiment, I just used a pelt that wasn't dirty to begin with. Perhaps a good way of teaching kids the basics without exposing them to anything harsh? I dunno, I liked the idea that any interested teen in the country could pull a bottle out of their panty and give it a go. Those skills could be learned with this method. The real work in tanning is fleshing, breaking, and pelt handling to prevent slip. Tumbling with sawdust would probably help that out. It's because the pelt was never washed or pickled. There is a bit of "bunny barn smell" in the fur that I'm not used to encountering. Might be less attractive to dogs and insects than pelts done with brains, eggs, or mayo. (the product I linked does leave a mess, I do not recommend it) It didn't leave a greasy mess in the fur it contacted. It's as "tanned" as well as any pelt I've done with this product: Which claims to also produce an "indian style" tan.Īctually, for rabbits I like the oil soap better. The whole process took less than 24 hours. It did lose the sueded feel after the second application. It's the color of broken leather, and it's not oily. Total oil soap used, about an inch from the top of that bottle. The second application might not really have been necessary. So it didn't dry out while I was sleeping or away. When I wasn't breaking the pelt, I stuck it in the freezer. No stretch at all, unfortunately, and hint of a papery sound when balled up.įor the second application I mixed a bit of water with the oil soap and worked it in. The finished skin was soft, had a sueded feel and a nice white color. Starting when the leather starts turning white when you tug it, up until it's fully dried. You know, pull and stretch the leather, work it soft as it dries.
The skin is paper thin in places, it was drying out fast. There was no way I was going to leave it anywhere warm for any length of time.Īfter about an hour I opened up the pelt and returned it to it's place in front of the fan. Normally an oiling pelt has already been pickled and tanned and is safe from epidermal slip. Normally an oiling pelt is placed somewhere warmish. I actually put a fan on it to keep the skin cool and dry it out a little while I was fleshing.Īfter fleshing, I simply spread some oil soap (undiluted, I haven't played with water-soap ratios yet) on the pelt and let it sit in the fridge.for about an hour. Without any chemicals to prevent rot, you REALLY want to finish ASAP. I have to say, fleshing a raw pelt is indeed more difficult than fleshing one that has been salted or and/or pickled. The rabbit was somewhere in between her baby coat and her adult coat, and skin was incredibly thin in some places.īeen a LONG time since I've fully fleshed a raw pelt. I've read in numerous places not to salt pelts used for brain tanning. (preferred fleshing tool)ģ: Untreated, unsalted pelt. 209), soft leather is often easier to sell on the Grand Exchange.2: Antique and dull carpet knife. While hard leather is usually more expensive (currently 203 vs. Soft leather is a good alternative if the price of hard leather is not high enough. This averages out to about 1350 hides tanned per hour, yet a player can tan around 2,000 hides every hour without the use of energy or Stamina potions. Each run takes approximately 25 seconds while running, and 45 seconds while walking. Run north into Ellis's building and right-click Trade Ellis. Withdraw 27 cowhides from the bank south of the tanner and 3 coins for each hide you want to tan, thus costing a total of 81 coins. Ellis, in Al-Kharid, is the quickest tanner, and there are no requirements to use him. To create hard leather, cowhide must be taken to a tanner.
Test the profit by buying one hard leather and one cowhide, making sure that the prices are good enough that you will make a decent profit. Because it must be tanned before it can be crafted, tanning cowhide into hard leather can be quite profitable at times.īecause the price difference between hides and leather can be fairly small, it is important to buy the hides for a low price and sell the leather for a high price you can lose out on up to 50% of the profit if you are not patient. Hard leather is used to train Crafting in free-to-play, and it is in reasonable demand. Ellis is next to the furnace room, north of the bank.
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