How Do You Salt Cure A Hide?

I can get full cow hides for $20, just need to know how to safely cure it for the dogs!

and instructions if i can get them, I'm Googling it now!

 

Ive never done it but i heard you just dump salt on the hide roll it up and put in a cool dry area. Keep putting more salt until the salt stays dry. Let me know what you find.

 

we've always stretched em, and ya gotta rub em down with more salt everyday

 

its kind of a learned process not to easy but u have to make sure u get all the fat and shit off the hide before u start to cure it and yea u keep it somewhere cool and dry and just keep it in salt dont really have to rub it in or anything pretty much keep it covered but like i said if u dont get everything off the hide prior to salt curing u just ruined the hide

 

http://www.game-dog.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11212

some one beat me to it lol!

 

Once they are cured, how do you make it soft?

 

Good luck Buck!

 

I did a large batch of hide last year it turned out really good and when the sun comes i will do it again. As space was short i scraped any fat sinew etc off and cut into pieces whilst soft, then just covered the pieces in everyday table salt, after a few days i rubbed more salt into them, i pinned them up or hung them on the washing line to dry for a week or so until they became very hard.

 

you make it plyable by working it like a stiff collar, work it, and even stretch a bit, till its soft and work able, i think you could cur it and use it (when dry) the dogs will make it workable and soft on there own, i would think anyway!

let you know soon enough!

i just got my hides from Full Force Knls today in the mail, can't wait to try them out!

 

good advise matty,i'm going to try it that way too,

do you guys think sun is the only way or would a heated area work too?
or, is sun needed?

 

I actually dried a batch of mine in the house airing cupboard it worked a treat but stunk, hence why waiting for more sun! The hide soon came a little softer after the dogs had been on it for a while, but i dried mine until rock solid and it turned out to be very very durable.

 

good tip! , the one' i orders finally showed up, they look great! nice and thick,

 

Okay Here it is
GEt The Hide Spray it off with a water hose to get all that gunk off
i layed mine out on a wood fence panel on 2 sawhorses
get a bag of salt from the feed store about 8 bucks
flip it over hair down
sprinkle it all over the hide
put it in a area that catches the wind and get's sun all day
and when it gets hard cut it up
up here in michigan we had a week in may that was 80's and sun all day no rain
and they cured in 1 week
i made a ton of money after only paying 10 dollars a hide
but that smell riding home in my explorer with 4 hides almost killed me
i had my stomach out the window the whole time
Good Luck Guys

 

thanks eh!

 

l just got a whole cow hide shipped to me from a friend (butcher),obviously he didn't get my drift when l told him l wanted it dryed out :o.So here l am ready to open the huge bag and..................woooohhhh !:eek:............that fecking smell,nocked me out!,anyways l just got hanged today.........man it's covered in cow shit,bits of meat a mud.......so l rang him and he tells me....................l thought you wanted it freshly skinned ? :eek:
My question is,......"will l have to use some bleach for the bacteria or will salt be all l need " and how often does it need salting :confused:l would really like some help here,thanks!

 

just lay it out in a sunny area with a lot of salt, table salt even, no road salt... on it, drag in the garage after dark, and back out next day, untill dried out thick peice of dried leather .. easy shit!

 

Thanks bud!l lt took me 2 or so hours cleaning and scraping excessive meat,in some parts l couldn't slice off all the meat,was afraid l might puncture the hide So l washed it down with the hose,both side and then laid it over the roof tiles,then l bombed it with a 3kg salt bag:eek: Just before it rains tonight l'll drag it to shelter like you said.
lf it works out right.......who knows?..........l might do it for a livingLOL!!!

"Buck, when will l have to salt it again":p:rolleyes:

 

you just move salt around the hide with a puddy knife until completely dry.


when dry cut to 5-6" wide, and 8-9" long , poke hole with nail instead of cutting, cause holes will be stronger for tying up with rope, instead or ripping because hole was cut in to it.

 

Chris, stop troubling yourself and get some ready made from UK for eg.

 

..........hehehe!..........now l get it..........to late for that,the sun is out and the hide is starting to look real good."Since your a mate l'll sell you a piece real cheap":eek: