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How to make mature fur from raw hides

Tanning raw fur with 3 parts of alum, 2 parts of salt and 6 parts of water. Add 1 stock solution to a pot of 7 parts of water, then immerse the skin in the liquid, and then add some stock solution to it every day to gradually thicken the immersion solution. When dipping, you should always turn over the skin to make the dip even. When you twist the corner of the skin by hand and see that the skin is white and opaque, you mature the fur.

Raw hides are skins peeled from the carcasses of slaughtered animals and made into leather without tanning. Raw hides used for tanning and fur are usually called rawhides. Most of the useful hides are mammalian skins.

People are more often based on the hair and cortex of rawhide:

Capillary: There are mainly sable skin, chinchilla skin (blue violet, also known as green Qiu Lan) mink skin, otter skin, sea dragon skin, snow-sweeping mink skin, Yellow weasel skin, tiger skin, squirrel skin, silver mouse skin, muskrat skin, beaver skin and rabbit skin. The fur is thin, short and soft. Suitable for making fur hats, coats, etc.

Macro skin: mainly including fox skin, raccoon skin, lynx skin, badger skin, raccoon skin and so on. The width is bigger. It is often used to make hats, coats, cloaks and so on.

Coarse hair: sheepskin, dog skin, wolf skin, leopard skin and marmot skin are commonly used. Long hair, slightly bigger. Can be used to make hats, coats, vests, clothes, etc.

Miscellaneous fur: including cat skin, rabbit skin, etc. , suitable for clothing accessories, the price is lower.