Curing Skins Without Salt
Dear Aunt Daisy, I noticed in your page some time ago an inquiry from someone for a method of curing skins without salt, Being confined to camp by wet weather, I thought it a good idea to pass my knowledge alorig, as I have derived a great deal of help from you at different times. Take equal quantities of saltpetre, alum and oatmeal, and mix to a cream with cold water. Rub well in every second day for a fortnight. Then every third day for three weeks. Dry a little, and scrape off all surplus fat, etc, When the skin is thoroughly clean, rub with a little sweet oil or vaseline, very sparingly, but thoroughly. This is important. Finish off with dry oatmeal. I hope this will not be too late to be of help (Continued on next page)
(Continued from previous page) to your distressed correspondent. My angora skin is snowy white and as soft as kid. thouch it was mv first effort of
the kind.-
"Tommy
(South Island).
Thank you, "Tommy." Your method of curing skins is most interesting, and quite different from _any- I have heard of before.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 147, 17 April 1942, Page 22
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195Curing Skins Without Salt New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 147, 17 April 1942, Page 22
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