Does anyone have experience tanning hides? I started collecting pelts this year and bagged 5 squirrels and 2 racoons. I skinned, fleshed, tacked, salted, and dried them. I've watched a few videos on the tanning process, with the method being to soak them in a alum/pickling salt mixture then stretching them to break down the fibers. The videos I've watched recommend continuesly working the pelt for 4-6 hours or until completely dry. What I'm wondering is, is there a more time efficient method of tanning? Working each pelt for 4+hours seems excessive and I feel someone has certainly developed a better method by now! Lol. Open to any suggestions, it will be my first time and I don't mind experimenting.
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