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Got a hog i salted and let dry for 3 months.How long does it normally take to re hydrate one. He dried so hard you could literally stop a mack truck with it. This is my first PIG. Need some pro help please.:confused:
Normally over night in a salt brine and it will hydrate right back just fine…D will be on here in a few he is an expert on tanning I am just a home brewer….:cowboy:.DC
I’m no pro but I would soak in salt water with a little degreaser added. I’ve been using HQ’s relaxer. Works good and shortens rehydration time. Degrease pigs every chance you get.
July 22, 2011
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HB, rehydrate it over night, or put in first thing in the morning and leave through out the day. Use little to no salt and it will rehydrate faster.
Not over 1/2 pound per gallon, I would probably put none( watch and agitate regularly) in the rehydration soak to speed up the process, but do put a degreasing detergent in it, but you can’t leave it in there and forget about it. After it is fairly pliable I would run it through a strong warm(80 degree) degrease bath and flesh the top off and then put in a pickle with more greasing agent. If I remember correctly you use Formic Acid. Make sure you have a pH of 1.5 – 2. Repeat this process until it is completely pickled and you can not degrease it to much.
What tan are you using, I forget?
I am useing Hq 5000 for the tan.Yep and formic for the pickle.
Ordering more degreaser monday from HQ. Almost out.
I would reccomend the HD-100X for the initial degreasing, what do you think D?
This one is KICKING MY TAIL. Slowly but surely shaving it. I might have left to much of the shield on it when i fleshed it first time. So I’m taking it down layers at a time. If anyone has a picture of what a pig looks like after the shaving( please post).I’m wanting to make sure i’m not getting to much.I hear of the hair endings and that it is to look like a golf ball.I’m a better safe than sorry kind of guy so a picture would help my mind be at ease to know what i’m really looking at. By the way,Carolina will get the next three have to do,(THAT”S A PROMISE).
i know it’s after the fact, but i would not let them dry rock hard next time. 24 hours in salt is enough. there are other ways to flesh a hog to avoid lots of shaving. if you are ever interested just ask:biggergrin:
Well i’m asking:clown: I have a Knecker 600 ,But this was my first experience with an OLE porker.I CAN PROMISE YOU i want let another one get like this:chimp:
i use a draw knife and flesh down till i see little fat balls this is where it starts to look like a golf ball. after all the flesh and shield is off i take it to the bird flesher and wire wheel it till all the fat is off. pay attention to the way the hair grows. throw it in the pickle and work on the face in a couple of days. get it as close to ready as you can before you tan. i even take the ear catilage before it gets tanned.very little shaving if any. hog hair roots are hard on a blade
