A practical handbook for tanning hides, skins, and pelts using modern processes and proven workshop methods. It walks you through the preparation, pickling, and tanning steps, with clear guidance on keeping leather firm, uniform, and ready for coloring and finishing.
This edition focuses on calfskins and chrome processes, offering detailed instructions for acid and chrome baths, drainage and pressing, and the neutralizing wash to prevent damage and ensure consistent results. It also covers post-tanning coloring and finishing techniques to achieve smooth, attractive leather.
What you’ll experience
- Step-by-step methods for two-bath and one-bath chrome tanning, including salt, acid, and bichromate uses.
- Practical guidance on washing, neutralizing, striking out, pressing, and shaving to prepare skins for coloring.
- Color and finish techniques, with formulations for blue flesh coloring, purple backgrounds, and grain blacking using logwood, nigrosine, and related dyes.
- Tips to avoid common pitfalls, such as swelling, improper penetration, and residue that can affect coloring and durability.
Ideal for readers of hands-on leatherwork, workshop practitioners, and students of practical tanning who want tested, in-workshop procedures.
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Vendeur : Forgotten Books, London, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book is a practical guide to tanning using American tanning processes for commercial use. Written by an expert, this comprehensive text includes no English, French, nor German content, relying solely on the author's firsthand experience and the collected knowledge of those he's consulted with in the field. It is designed to equip readers with up-to-date knowledge for treating hides, skins, and pelts of all varieties. In addition to explaining the tanning process, this book also covers the patenting of tanning, tawing, depilating, and eating methods. These patents provide insight into the aims and interests of tanners and chemists seeking to advance the leather industry. Through its detailed instructions and valuable insights, this book is an essential resource for anyone working in the leather-making industry. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781331948285_0
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Vendeur : PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, Etats-Unis
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Vendeur : PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Royaume-Uni
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Vendeur : Revaluation Books, Exeter, Royaume-Uni
Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 538 pages. 9.09x5.98x1.10 inches. This item is printed on demand. N° de réf. du vendeur zk1331948282
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