Syn-Oil

Syn-Oil

Syn-Oil Tan Kit

Directions:

1. After the cape or hide has been skinned from the carcass remove as much meat and fat as possible from the hide. Split the lips, turn the ears, and take the cartilage out of the septum of the nose. The longer the hide remains in its raw state the more likely the hair is to slip.

2. Lay the hair side down; flesh side up on a flat working surface. Salt the hide with a fine ground non-iodized salt; thoroughly rub the salt into the flesh side. Never use rock salt or reuse old salt!

3. Leave the hide salted for 12 to 24 hours, then rinse in cold water. After rinsing, you can start the pickling process.

     Mix the pickle at the following proportions:

     For every gallon of water add:

     1 lb. salt

     1/2 oz. Saftee Acid,

4. Place the salted hide into the pickle. The minimum amount of time for the hide to stay in the pickle is 72 hours. Remove the skin anytime during this pickle and shave the skin as thin as possible. The thinner the skin is shaved the softer and more flexible it will be. As soon as you are finished thinning put the hide back in the pickle.

5. Once the allotted time for pickling has been completed, remove the hide from the pickle and rinse in cold water. 6. Degrease the skin if necessary. Skins such as bear, raccoon, and beaver will require degreasing. Heavy degreasing can be done with Rittel's Super Safety Solvent, and 2 fluid ounces per gallon of water. Leave the hide in the degreaser for 30 minutes then rinse in clear water. For light degreasing, Dawn dish soap can be used at a ratio of  1/2 fluid ounce per gallon of water. Be sure to rinse all the degreasing agent out with cool, clear water.

7. Mix a neutralizer bath of 5 gallons of water to 5 ounces of Sodium Bicarbonate (baking soda). Submerge the hide for exactly 20 minutes.

8. Remove the hide from the neutralizer and rinse in clean water.

9. Rinse a second time in a bath of room temperature water.

10. Hang the cape and let it dry for 30 minutes to 1 hour.

11. With latex gloves, rub the Syn-Oil tan thoroughly into the cape.

12. Allow the Syn-Oil to absorb into the skin for a minimum of 6 hours.

13. After 6 hours the cape may be mounted immediately, frozen to be mounted at a later date, or staked and broken for rug.

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