How to tan snake skin / diy snake skin processing / rattlesnake skin tannning
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- Опубликовано: 29 июн 2023
- How to tan a rattlesnake skin at home. An easy and simple process to tan and preserve a snakeskin that doesn't require any specialized chemicals. The few things you need can be purchased at most hardware stores (denatured alcohol) and health food stores (vegetable glycerin). Once the snake is skinned, simply scrape the underside of the skin to get all the connecting tissues off then mix one part denatured alcohol to one part glycerine in a large mason jar, (one cup of each, two cups of each etc...). Soak the skin foe 3 days, stirring once a day. on the third or fourth day remove from the jar, pat dry and stretch the skin py pinning it to cardboard. let dry for a day or three. Once dry the skin is "tanned" and preserved, ready to use for a knife sheath, a mount or whatever you feel like doing.
I've left them soaking for months at a time and it's now my preferred method because when I'm drying them off with a rag all the clear scale covers just come off easy peasy with just a wipe of the rag ! I've seen guys use big pencil erasers to get them off and another guy used a thumb tack and stabbed each individual clear scale cover off X 5000 scales ... nope, no way Jose, not for me ! I just get them off all at once nice and easy wiping them as soon as I pull them out of the 50/50 solution (by the way Iso alcohol works just fine)! First time I let them soak for so long I thought the rattlers were just going to be a mushy pulp, but nope they dried just fine ! I've also scraped off the fatty snot before soaking and I've scraped up the fatty snot after and I find it doesn't matter which you choose, it comes off the same, leaving the fat on during the soak just discolores the solution but doesn't affect it's strength, I've used the same solution 5-7 times and it still works although I do strain it out every few soaks to get the debris out and clear up the solution ! I've never done the salt cure and probably won't start now my skins come out soft supple and smooth every time !
I was specifically looking for a video on how to tan snake skin when I came across yours. This is a very well done video in my opinion. Everything from the small things like the background music and the plant in your garage, to the big things like sound quality, knowledge, enthusiasm and how you articulate what you are doing (even accepting that since it had been six years, there were flaws). Thank you! I can't wait to show it to my twelve year old boy and ten year old girl.
Aww thanks. I’m still learning and that’s a really nice thing to hear 😁
nice job !!
Thanks! Ended up making a hat band with it.
Can we sell that skin.? My brother just catch huge 5 meter phyton with very beatiful skin
Great catch! And as long as your local laws allow it I don’t see why not.
Ive watched several similar videos and was surprised that no type of plant material like leaves weren't used for tannin. Would it be an extra benefit to add these to the alcohol glycerin mix ?
I really don't know. Snake skin is the only thing I know how to tan at home. The Glycerin is vegetable based so maybe that kind of counts.
I work with him. He seems to know what he’s doing
Is the glycerin/alcohol solution able to be re-used? These are hard things to get where I live but there are many snakes.
@@graveleater9746 if memory serves I’ve used the same solution 3 times I think 🤔. But if it gets too old the alcohol evaporates and weakens. If I had lots of snakes around I’d experiment to see how many I could do 🤠
Nice vid. How to dry the glycerine enough to later glue it to leather to make something?
Drys in just a couple days (depending on conditions) and is ready for use.
Cool beans. Thanks for responding. Gonna sub.
I can’t find the exact denatured alcohol you used. I found the same brand and it also says clean burning but the label is different. I’m sure it would still work but I wanted to ask just in case. Please let me know!! :)
The brand shouldn’t matter, just as long as it’s denatured alcohol. 👍
I have heard that automotive antifreeze is a good solution. Any thoughts on that?
Funny you should mention this. 2 days ago I was having dinner with family and an uncle was talking about not only not using alcohol, but also that antifreeze worked really well. He mentioned there was a brief green hue but it went away after a few days. Also a few extra steps with washing the skin but to sum it up, yeah, there is a way to use antifreeze!
Will the Klean -Strip "SLX" Denatured Alcohol work also?
I’m unfamiliar with that specific product but as far as I know any liquid denatured alcohol works.
@RealAdventureTheory thanks. Did some research and found out SLX contains more methanol and the regular has more ethanol which is better. Thanks again. 😊
Would the denatured alcohol and glycerin get rid to the stink normally associated with rattlesnakes?
I’ve done this method with around 5 different species and have not had any stink on any!
@@RealAdventureTheory I got my snakeskin marinating now! Thank you for the video! 😆
People seem to be saying it doesn't last long, and once the glycerin evaportates it wil stiffen up. Is this true?
I glued some skin to my knife sheath that lasted years. The in and out of my truck and constant rubbing on the seatbelt clip damaged it though. Glued skin to my hat band that’s holding up great and mounted a bunch on sanded and stained pallet boards that still look perfect after 8 years. But the oldest ones I have are 8 years so don’t know what the definition of a long time is. Hope that helps.
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Awesome, I guess I'll go ahead with that method 👍 thanks for the reply!
Why denatured? Isopropyl won't work?
I'm not sure. Denatured is the recipe I know and it works so I haven't tried another.
It works fine isopropyl, denatured, the glycerin any as long as pure.
One thing I'm not seeing is anyone pickling the skin first.
You flatten it out flesh side up and rub table salt into it or just pour it on and then fold up and put in zip lock and leave for a day. It will pull out fatty oils and any blood from bits you missed while scraping. I'll take that out and scrape again then rinse off and pat or squeeze dry in paper towels then put it in 50/50 solution so that it's covered and snake lightly 1-2 times a day for 3-7 days depending on size. Then remove and wipe off excess oil and start stretching gently. It breaks the fibers and softens it. Scales sometimes come off especially if the snake was close to shedding. Won't hurt the look once finished. Snake skin doesn't really absorb much you're just removing and or preserving any proteins left on it in my opinion.
I'm no pro because I don't like killing them but I've tried lots of ways in 50 years and this works great.
People used to soak them in anti-freeze and that works but doesn't look as good.
@@kellyroup4262 we generally don't kill either but this one snake wouldn't leave my nephew alone at work so he had to. Hubs was with him so I said hey, if she's already dispatched, bring me the skin. She's been in the freezer ever since. I've got to find the glycerin. No one had it locally. Small towns...
Why don’t you salt the skin first & then use the 1:1 solution? Is the salt an extra step that isnt necessary?
Yeah, the salt is a preservative used to keep it from rotting. Since I skinned and tanned the next day there was no fear of rotting. But if it was going to be a while and I couldn’t freeze it I would have salted it.
@@RealAdventureTheory thank you! & why denatured alcohol instead of iso please?
@@Royal_Flush_TV honestly I don’t know. That’s the recipe I learned and it works so that’s how I do it 🤪
May I use 95% ethanol?
I do not know🤔
What a chad
wtf vetigable grlizzrin ?
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