Originally Posted By: Brendan43Originally Posted By: roadkill46yep, the pickle is the key, as long as it stays 2.0 it can stay in for weeks. my last cat stayed in for 3 weeks. i would pull it out neutralize then flesh, then do it again until it was done. i use the Luftan also, works great. salt or no salt, fleshing is the key.
I agree with everything except the neutralizing part. IMO you can just pull it out of the pickle, do some minor fleshing and dump it straight back into the pickle- You can do this as many times as it takes to be completely flesh/membrane free. I'd save the neutralizing until I was actually ready to tan. At least that's what I've always done. Roadkill46, if you neutralize each time you pull it out of the pickle, it seems you would be inviting pH issues. Maybe I misunderstood you. Either way, since you're ordering a bunch of stuff, pick up some pH test strips, because like Roadkill suggested, you have to keep the acidity of that pickle under 2.0-- read the instructions of whatever tan you choose and follow them closely. You can pm me if you want and I'll try to walk you through it.
+1 i have a deer skin that has been in a pickle since march. just check the ph once in a while and keep a lid on the bucket to stop evaporation and all is good.
