Originally Posted by
berg243
it comes dry premixed in 1200kg bags . citric makes the lambskins /wool a yellow tinge but doesnt seem to colour the deer skins . you can barely see the yellow citric acid granules in the salt normally but some bags are very yellow. with the deer skins they are tumbled in a mixer for about an hour and a half with the first lot of salt then removed from mixer and the mixer is drained to get rid of as much moisture then are put back in and a second smaller lot of salt is added and then tumbled for about half an hour .can still have a lot of juice on them but they are fine to pack onto a pallet then strapped and have a couple shrink wrap bags put over the top and sides which dont seal the bottom then they are stored outside till sold.will see if i can find out the mix ratio for the salt and citric acid as it might be handy for anyone wanting to preserve deer skins .