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Tanning is the process by which skins and
hides are made into LEATHER. Vegetable
tanning uses tannin, and is usually employed
for heavy leathers, and requires more than a
month to complete. Mineral tanning includes
alum tanning and chrome tanning, this is the
process most common today as it only takes a
few hours. In oil tanning, or chamoising, a
method used by North American Indians, the
pelt is treated with fats and hung to dry,
the leather is usually napped on both sides.
A modern tanning process employs artificial
agents.
Subject by: Vanessa Pike