craneman54":2bj4j1l5 said:Yes urine can be used for tanning.
That is where the phrase '' To poor to have a pot to pee in". A whole family would pee in a pot and save it till it was brought to the tannery to sell. It was mostly the poorest people that did this. Thus the phrase.
Also every animal has a brain large enough to tan its own hide.
Zass":10wbkqix said:Anything I can find on it says that urine was used as an alternative for or addition to lime in the dehairing process.
michaels4gardens":38axfk0s said:Zass":38axfk0s said:Anything I can find on it says that urine was used as an alternative for or addition to lime in the dehairing process.
urine helps make the hide have a "white" appearance , used near the end of the tanning process.
I used wood ash to make a solution to de-hair hides, but-- urine or wood ash-- it all sure stinks.
craneman54":33md830k said:michaels4gardens I fear you are way to close to the truth. Thats one of the reasons I started raising rabbits and will be doing bee keeping come the spring. I also need to restock my pond. I am hoping it never comes to what Alot of people are saying but I am trying to get as prepared as possible. I have yet to tan anything,but am studying up on it now also.
Unfortunately the US system is mostly held up by happy thoughts,and "Christmas spending " as we don't have much of our own manufacturing anymore.
Thank God I was able to become debt free before I had to retire. I have very little money but I owe nobody.And 90% of us are in debt up to our eyes.
I believe it is better to have resources,knowledge, and supplies and not need them -- then it is to need them and not have them , -- and-- in a great many ways the peace , and pleasure of living a simple self sufficient life is more then enough reward all by itself.
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