>>2625289Alright. Moving on...
Now we have to dry the skin (quickly) to prevent bacteria from eating it up.
This step only removes water- the next step has water and rehydrates it (?).
Yes we're removing water so it's safe to add water.
We're killing bacteria.
That's it.
I'm pointing this out because we're going to do something different from what the internet says.
Normally this is done with salt.
And that's fine.
But on a snake skin "they" want you to tack it to a board, flesh side up and cover in salt.
The problem with that is it will shrink and the hide will develop a "memory".
See pic.
If it's just a cow hide it doesn't matter.
But snake hides have a pattern and it's now forever distorted.
So.
How to combat that?
