Environmentally Sound Leather Tanning: A Course on Small-scale Techniques and Management |
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... vegetable tanning , the way of tanning explained in this book , was invented in Africa . The leather produced in this way is recognized as one of the best kinds of leather . We all know the importance of leather as it is useful for ...
... vegetable tanning , the way of tanning explained in this book , was invented in Africa . The leather produced in this way is recognized as one of the best kinds of leather . We all know the importance of leather as it is useful for ...
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... vegetable tanning we use products which we can prepare out of plants or parts of plants . Skin + Vegetable tanning material = Leather We choose to promote the method of vegetable tanning because : ᄆ ᄆ The required base materials can ...
... vegetable tanning we use products which we can prepare out of plants or parts of plants . Skin + Vegetable tanning material = Leather We choose to promote the method of vegetable tanning because : ᄆ ᄆ The required base materials can ...
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... tanning liquor should be and that it is dangerous to start using too strong solutions . 6.3 Vegetable tannin As we noticed before , vegetable tanning means changing a skin into leather by means of a product called tannin . This tannin ...
... tanning liquor should be and that it is dangerous to start using too strong solutions . 6.3 Vegetable tannin As we noticed before , vegetable tanning means changing a skin into leather by means of a product called tannin . This tannin ...
Common terms and phrases
50 gramme alkaline animal bark or pods basin bating Baumé beam house calculate caustic soda cementing substance clean water colour connective tissue corium costs per skin deliming dermis dissolved divided dm² dried enter new skins epidermis fat liquor fibres five skins flaying flesh side fresh lime liquor grain side group of skins hair hypodermis Indirect costs institute with tanning Jackson kg grounded bark kilogramme lay-away layer lemon litres of water mellow method microbes millimetres number of months old lime liquor papaya phenolphthalein piece of leather price per dm2 Price per skin put the skins refer to figure retanning scudding skins stay slaked lime smear soaking soap soda stake stays hard stir the liquor supple tank tannery tannin tanning activity tanning experience tanning liquor tanning material tanning process third quality trees unhairing vegetable tanning vinegar washing waste water Zambia