How to depilate and cook sheepskin at home

1, processing of fresh skin. The peeled fresh skin should be cleaned up in time, that is, hooves, ears, lips and tails. You should cut it off by hand, strip off the residual meat and fat on the skin, and then wash off the mud, feces, blood and other dirt stuck to the skin with clear water. Don't use too much force when scraping the leftover meat, in case you scratch the leather board. In addition, because the plush grows backwards on the leather board, it should be scraped from the head of the leather to the buttocks along the hairy roots to reduce the disability of the leather board.

2. After the fresh skin is cleaned, hang it in a ventilated place or in a weak light to dry, turn it to 80% dry frequently, pile it up, flatten it with boards and things, and continue to dry it the next day.

3. Softening and cleaning of dry skin. Soak the dried skin after primary processing in clean water at room temperature for 16~ 18 hours to soften the fur and restore the fresh state of the skin. Then rinse the dirt with clear water, soak it in 3g/L detergent solution for about 10 minute, rinse it with clear water, take it out and drain it. Pay attention to stretching the leather board when drying, and the next step can be processed when it is 60% dry.

4. Fur cooking and processing. Fur curing, also known as curing or tanning, is the process of transforming raw skin into mature skin.

Sheepskin is the skin of goat or sheep in Bovine family.

The skin of goat or sheep contains water, protein, fat and inorganic substances, and the latter two contents are very small. The protein extract that constitutes the epidermis is mainly keratin; Dermal is mainly composed of collagen and reticulin, in addition to elastin, albumin, globulin and mucin.