Posted By: Teresa
Uses for used dirty salt - 03/19/21 07:48 AM
My first pelts came from emergency and not planned during the Arctic storm so after fleshing I preserved pelts with stock salt. Now I have some used salt and was wondering if there was something useful I can do with it. The last pelt I did my hands were getting tired so it still had quite a bit of flesh on it which made it have more moisture so some of the salt is pretty wet and slightly tainted.
My thoughts are to bake it at a low temperature to remove moisture and use for future hide drying until I have batch of hides or the time to do it in. And along that line of thinking I was wondering if I could use the baked used salt in the pickle and/or tanning solution Boco posted. Would the trace minerals from blood and other impurities cause a problem for the solution? Aside from reusing in the tanning process has anyone came up with good uses for the dirty salt? Live in Texas so there isnt much demand for dealing with icy sidewalks/driveways.
My thoughts are to bake it at a low temperature to remove moisture and use for future hide drying until I have batch of hides or the time to do it in. And along that line of thinking I was wondering if I could use the baked used salt in the pickle and/or tanning solution Boco posted. Would the trace minerals from blood and other impurities cause a problem for the solution? Aside from reusing in the tanning process has anyone came up with good uses for the dirty salt? Live in Texas so there isnt much demand for dealing with icy sidewalks/driveways.