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What is the best in house tan to use on hogs. Will the hq 5000 work.I have mounted most things except hogs. I have 5 that just came in the past 3 weeks.
Biggest thing I have problems with a hog is getting the hide shaved like it should be. To answer your question the 5000 should work great on your hogs. I use it on about everything
Keep taking layers off of the shield until it is thin enough, you can take it in and out of acid pickle as much as you need to, just keep an eye on the pH
Be careful not to get it so thin you cut the hair roots
Thanks for the info. Any one got any more suggestion keep`em coming, i need all the info i can get.
Just got through fleshing my first hog. THAT WAS A JOBBBBBBBB! maybe the more i do the better i get. maybe its fleshed enough for the tan to penatrate. Keep your fingers crossed.
first, if the skin dosen’t look like a golfball its not thin enough. second, i might get laughed at for this, after the shield is removed use your wire wheel (bird flesher) on the whole skin. it makes a heck of a mess but it pulls all the fat out of all the dimples exposing all the hair roots with out cutting them. i think this helps a little when you get to the grooming stage.
Last hog I did was pickled in saety acid with lots of degreaser.pulled and flesh untill hair roots were showing.tanned with lutanf and oiled with protal. Turned out nice.got one to do now.ill pickle n degrease as usually but after neutralizing n fleshing thin ill towel dry rub in hq5000. Wash in degreaser next day towel dry n moun
t or freeze.
OK guys, hope im not being over bearing but do i need to degrease with the pickle or after. i have always used the quick tan and i am not familiar with the pickles.I have been hearing alot about the hq5000 so my next deer and hog this week im going to try it.
July 22, 2011
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After it is fleshed and salted I would let it dry , then rehydrate it in a salt/degrease solution. Then put degrease in the pickle. After shaving wash it in a clean degrease bath, towel or spin dry put it back in pickle. When satisfied with the thickness of the skin, neutralize. After you apply the HQ5000 let dry and rehydrate it per directions.
