You can use any oil that mixes with water in place of brains or even egg yolks. Its the oils in the brain that makes it all work.
such as??
Quote from: kybackwoodsman on January 03, 2011, 01:17:12 AM
such as??
Lexol
Neatsfoot oil
Olive oil
lard
egg yolks
any tanning oil such as protal from taxidermy supply houses.
What causes brain tanning to work, or oil tanning is the water carries the oils into the hide. as these oils pass over the fibers they cling to them. As the hide dries and the skin is worked it prevents to glysogins from being able to glue the individual fibers together again and once dry they stay that way. Smoking the hide after it is dried prevents water from displacing the oil that is coating the fibers and allowing them to set back up and glue themselves back together again. Much different than chemical or acid tanning.
yep ! I`ve used a mix of neatsfoot oil and naptha soap . and it does work ! all done pretty much the same as brain tanning ,just without the brains !