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Old 11-20-2019, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by 204ruger View Post
So is there something a person can do when home tanning so it doesn’t go stiff after it gets wet.
Sure is, the same thing you'd do to commercial tanned goods to waterproof them. Dubbin or another water proofing.

I've done my own tanning and bought a lot of commercial tanned products as well as native tanned products. They all get stiff if they get wet and aren't waterproofed.

No doubt an armature done tan is an inferior product but to claim all home tanned products are junk is just plain wrong.
Fact is some of the commercial stuff is junk too.

An experienced home tanner often puts more effort into making sure his or her product is the best possible. Most commercial operations can't afford to spend the extra time so they may take shortcuts (chemical solutions) to make thier products last and appear better then they actually are.

Some also waterproof their leather before selling it but that doesn't make it superior. All that does is save some people some work and make that leather unsuitable for some projects.
That's neither good nore bad. It just is, what it is.
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