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| 1 | 726 | The View more quotes about hide">hide is then sprinkled with warm water and tightly rolled, after which it is put aside, away from the sun and heat, for a few days. |
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| 1 | 723 | Soft tanning a hide, on the other hand, is a much more arduous task. |
| 1 | 724 | In soft tanning, the fleshed hide must be saturated with fats, and with oils and grease, usually from the brains of animals. |
| 1 | 725 | These are rubbed into the hide, and worked into it, usually with a soft flat stone. |
| 1 | 726 | The hide is then sprinkled with warm water and tightly rolled, after which it is put aside, away from the sun and heat, for a few days. |
| 1 | 727 | This gives the time necessary for the softening ingredients, such as the fats and oils, to fully penetrate the leather. |
| 1 | 728 | The skin is then unrolled and by rubbing, kneading and stretching, hand-softened over a period of hours. |
| 1 | 729 | The resulting product ranges from tan to creamy white, and may be worked and cut as easily as cloth. |