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Re: Strip: Stain/Dye
By:Mike Savage
Date: 7/3/2011, 7:53 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Stain/Dye (Bill Hamm)

: Cool, I'm still learning about this process :)

: Bill H.

Careful, it can be very addictive, learning stuff like this.

Oh wait, we're addicts already. :D

There's some fun aspects to tannins from various barks, oak bark tannin on leather will make the leather exceptionally tough when salted. Old currach's were leather skinned like that. And leather armour used to be treated like that as well.

Mike Savage
South West Cork

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Strip: Stain/Dye
Bryan Hansel -- 6/30/2011, 6:39 pm
Re: Strip: Stain/Dye
Joy -- 6/30/2011, 8:20 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/1/2011, 9:16 am
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Dwight Lynn -- 6/30/2011, 8:39 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/1/2011, 9:14 am
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Dwight Lynn -- 7/1/2011, 5:50 pm
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Stephen Troy -- 7/1/2011, 1:01 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/1/2011, 9:28 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/1/2011, 1:47 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/1/2011, 1:53 am
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Mike Savage -- 7/1/2011, 7:24 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2011, 1:55 am
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Mike Savage -- 7/2/2011, 6:00 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2011, 12:28 am
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Mike Savage -- 7/3/2011, 7:53 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/2/2011, 10:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2011, 12:30 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/1/2011, 9:29 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 7/1/2011, 10:10 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/1/2011, 10:45 am
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ancient kayaker -- 7/1/2011, 10:48 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2011, 2:01 am
Re: Strip: Stain/Dye *PIC*
Ben B -- 7/2/2011, 11:07 am
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george jung -- 7/2/2011, 3:30 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 7/2/2011, 11:58 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2011, 12:45 am
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Mike Savage -- 7/3/2011, 8:00 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2011, 12:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2011, 1:56 am
Re: Strip: Stain/Dye *PIC*
Bryan Hansel -- 7/1/2011, 9:30 am
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Bill Hamm -- 7/2/2011, 2:02 am
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Joy -- 7/2/2011, 8:48 am
Picture *PIC*
Joy -- 7/2/2011, 5:35 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2011, 12:47 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 7/3/2011, 11:07 am
Re: Strip: Stain/Dye
Roy Martin (fadedred) -- 7/2/2011, 10:07 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 7/3/2011, 12:49 am
Re: Strip: Stain/Dye
Bryan Hansel -- 7/3/2011, 11:08 am
Black Stain/Dye
Paul G. Jacobson -- 7/5/2011, 1:09 am