This is a question I've been meaning to ask for a while now. I tried tanning some fryer hides a while back just for practice. I got through the pickle stage and to the tanning stage just fine. I used citric acid for the pickle and EZ-Tan for the tan and kept a close watch on the PH.
The smell was very unpleasant. I had no hair slip just couldn't stand the smell. Not really a rotten smell but definitely not a good smell. Like I said, I had no hair slip so I don't think it was rot? I ended up throwing everything out.
Any ideas why things smells so bad? Was this just the way the EZ-Tan smells? If so I think I need to try a different method. Smells in general don't bother me. I keep a box of dermestid beetles so I am used to a bit of smell...
The smell was very unpleasant. I had no hair slip just couldn't stand the smell. Not really a rotten smell but definitely not a good smell. Like I said, I had no hair slip so I don't think it was rot? I ended up throwing everything out.
Any ideas why things smells so bad? Was this just the way the EZ-Tan smells? If so I think I need to try a different method. Smells in general don't bother me. I keep a box of dermestid beetles so I am used to a bit of smell...