Estimated Reading time: ~16-18 minutes Introduction: In Leather Manufacturing Series – Part 3: Transforming Hides into Leather, we explored how raw hides become stable, tanned “wet blue” or vegetable-tanned leather. Now, in Leather Manufacturing Series 4: Tanning to Crust, we…

Estimated Reading time: ~12-14 minutes Introduction: In Leather Manufacturing Series – Part 1, we followed raw hides from slaughterhouse to beamhouse. In Part 2: Preparing Hides for Tanning, we completed deliming, bating and pickling, leaving the hides chemically primed and…