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Tanning with tea?
Oct 17^th, 2011 at 12:26am

I have a love of tea. While I prefer the white, green, and oolong varieties (particularly oolong), I have been reading up on black teas. Black tea contains the highest amount of tannins of any tea. This has made me wonder if one could use black tea to tan leather? What do you guys think?

(btw, if you try tea, get loose leaf rather than bagged; it is SO much better. Also, look up how to brew it properly. If you don't, you are wasting your tea, and will likely brew a bitter cup if it is anything but black tea...)

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greencheapsk8 Descens Offline Just in it for the fire! Posts: 235 Taranaki, New Zealand Gender:	Re: Tanning with tea? Reply #1 - Oct 17^th, 2011 at 1:51am I guess so, but you may have to concentrate the tannin solution (or tea as you call it ) to have any effect on your leather
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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3220 Akron NY Gender:	Re: Tanning with tea? Reply #2 - Oct 17^th, 2011 at 6:31am Yes, you can, but it takes a while. Basically, it's the same process as oak bark tanning, where you submerge the hide in a strong solution solution of the tea, leaves and all. Works best on small hides, and you will lose any hair from the animal.
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cuallaidh Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 123 London, ON, Canada Gender:	Re: Tanning with tea? Reply #3 - Oct 17^th, 2011 at 9:12am Interesting thought, never would have considered tanning with Tea, but it does make sense.
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Dan Interfector Viris Spurii SlingingGuide Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3974 Gender:	Re: Tanning with tea? Reply #4 - Oct 17^th, 2011 at 9:11pm Well assuming the the tannin in tea is the same as the tannin in acorns which destroys the bile in your liver (or somthing like that). so you would have to get that tea very rich, but definitly concievable.
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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3220 Akron NY Gender:	Re: Tanning with tea? Reply #5 - Oct 18^th, 2011 at 6:28am It's the same
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snowcelt Tiro Offline So far....so good! Posts: 12 Turku, SW Finland.	Re: Tanning with tea? Reply #6 - Oct 18^th, 2011 at 6:53am Start saving your teabags then!
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perpetualstudent Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1405 Gender:	Re: Tanning with tea? Reply #7 - Oct 18^th, 2011 at 9:05am pardon my ignorance, but is there a tangible difference between using the animal's brain to tan its hide as opposed to using oak bark or tea?
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snowcelt Tiro Offline So far....so good! Posts: 12 Turku, SW Finland.	Re: Tanning with tea? Reply #8 - Oct 18^th, 2011 at 10:38am Adding one to a cup of boiling water tastes a lot better than the other.
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cuallaidh Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 123 London, ON, Canada Gender:	Re: Tanning with tea? Reply #9 - Oct 19^th, 2011 at 8:08am snowcelt wrote on Oct 18^th, 2011 at 10:38am: Adding one to a cup of boiling water tastes a lot better than the other. ROTFLMAO.... nice one snowcelt... you had me actually laughing at work, luckily I'm the first one in and no one saw
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Bill Skinner Forum Moderation Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3292	Re: Tanning with tea? Reply #10 - Oct 19^th, 2011 at 12:25pm You have never tried brain tanning in hot weather, have you? Bill
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perpetualstudent Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1405 Gender:	Re: Tanning with tea? Reply #11 - Oct 19^th, 2011 at 3:33pm Indeed I have not. Sadly, all my knowledge of tanning is academic. Hence the "pardon my ignorance" part of my query. Right now I live in NYC, not a whole lot of opportunities for tanning here.
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Re: Tanning with tea?
Reply #13 - Oct 21^st, 2011 at 8:30pm

If you have a freezer, it's not too bad. First you put the hide in a frame, let it dry, then scrape the meat, fat and membrane from the inner side of the hide. That takes about a day and a half. Then you soak it in water with some lime if you have it for three days. You really want to find some lime. Then you scrape the hair off. That takes a couple of hours. Then you let it partialy dry overnight and the next day you get those brains, you know, the ones that have been sitting in a bucket of water for the last five days, mix the brains up until it is just a soupy liquid and rub them into the hide. Then you keep working the hide by stretching and rubbing until it is dry. They you make a cone about three feet off the ground (1m) and build a very small, very smoky fire under the hide. The more you smoke it, the more oils it will absorb and the softer and more waterproof it will get. The smoke also gets rid of the smell of the brains. When you wear it, it will soak up the oils from your skin and lose all the smells except the smoky one.

It's not too bad, but it's not somethig I want to repeat, either. Next time, I got some lime and froze the brains, there wasn't very much smell then. Grin

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