Storing deerskin and buckskin - seems to work.

[SUP]

I  need to store the deerskins that I have, as I try to determine how exactly to choose the additional deerskins I need for my next project, as no one here seems to know the exact answer to my question, asked in another thread.

As I wait, I found a way to store the deerskins, that has not damaged the deerskins as yet. So I thought I would share it here for newbies in the field like me. Others might be using the same method as well, of course.. I need this way because I do not have space to hang them all up.

I store my deerskins in large zip-lock bags, the ones I received clothes in, actually. I leave sufficient air inside to provide a buffer against the weight of leather placed on top and then zip it tight. The air inside prevents damage and give it air, as it were. Of course, I have not kept them in this way for long periods as of yet, but for short periods, it works. Deerskin is notorious for getting wrinkled, so this is an easy way to prevent that. You get similar large zip lock bags online as well.

Come to think of it, other leathers that might crease could be stored in a similar way as well.

Hope that information helps somebody.

Edited Wednesday at 11:06 AM by SUP