fur rug uses

[chuck123wapati]

46 minutes ago, aru said:

well, the rugs I have, the black ones have darker skin, and the light ones have lighter skin. The leather soaks up water like veg tan, how can I tell if it is tanned? I got a bit of it wet, it seems more like wet skin than leather, are there any other tests?

 

Judging by the way it soaks up water, if its stiff when it dries, that would imply its veg tanned, right?

EDIT: since it is so skin-like when its wet, im just getting some basspro tanning stuff and tanning one of them to test, there is no way this stuff is leather, its like wet raw hide when you get water on it.

yup its probably only pickled or maybe even just salted and dried. Good luck and keep us all informed. 

[aru]

3 minutes ago, chuck123wapati said:

yup its probably only pickled or maybe even just salted and dried. Good luck and keep us all informed. 

will do, thank you much.

[Samalan]

On 4/2/2022 at 1:12 PM, toxo said:

Yes if you like people looking at you sideways all day.

You mean like when I wear my trump hat! and it has no fur on it they want to look let them.

[aru]

my test piece looked much more like leather, less loose and dry. Went ahead and used the tanning solution on all my rugs. Let you guys know in a day or so how they look

[aru]

the small piece is the before, large is the after.

I used the deer hunter and trapper tanning orange bottle stuff. took 2 bottles for 4 sheepskins.

It tightened up the grain and gave it a more rigid smooth finish.

it definitely was not leather before xd

sorry for shit pics

Edited April 12, 2022 by aru

[tsunkasapa]

Had you said they were sheepskins to begin with I would have told you there is a 98% probability that they were tanned. 'Fur rugs' generally refers to bear skins, cougars, etc.

[hotleatherworlds]

There can be many things it can be used for such as: 

bathroom rug

you can use it as bed underlay

or you can also use it as a decor in your room.

[toxo]

On 4/3/2022 at 12:25 PM, aru said:

Of course, otherwise they would be looking down, or up to me. horizontal looks mean we are equals, or something.

I think you know what I meant but to be clear, many people are "Antis" of some kind these days and a great many will not entertain real animal fur in ant form. They don't stop to investigate where the fur comes from.

[doubleh]

Weeeellll, if it is large enough-----oh, forget it. I didn't say anything.