Description
Pumice is a volcanic rock that works like natural sandpaper. It’ll give your hides a
noticeably softer surface texture and speedily remove unwanted membrane and blemishes. These rocks are hand-selected for us from a volcano in British Columbia. They are nicely rounded and really comfortable to hold and use. One rock will last you at least 50 hides.
Use:
- Wetscraping: removing blemishes, excess membrane, softening the surface texture.
- Dryscraping: sanding off tool marks, and all of the above.
- Furs: removing excess membrane.
Specs: Lightweight, fits in the palm of your hand, and every piece is a unique natural rock (they haven’t been cut or tumbled or anything).
Bottom Line: Very handy, but not crucial.
Customer Reviews Good stone for the price Pumice is great for abrading stains off of recently softened hides, removing excess membrane, and adding a suede-like finish to your hides. The stones are the perfect size and rough, but not too rough to tear through the skins. |
Other wetscraping resources:
- Deerskins into Buckskins by Matt Richards. The best step-by-step how to.
- The Tanning Spirit Video by Mel Beattie. See how each step is performed.
- Wetscrape Braintanned Buckskin by Steven Edholm & Tamara Wilder. An excellent reference work.
- Pre-Smoke Braintanning, a video by Joe & Victoria Dinsmore. Learn the popular “pre-smoke” method.
- Softening Cable, the most useful softening tool.
- Wetscraper/Flesher, for all of the scraping steps.
Other dryscraping resources:
- Blue Mountain Buckskin by Jim Riggs. The best book on dryscrape.
- Dryscraper, for removing the hair and grain.
- Softening Cable, the most useful softening tool.
- Wetscraper/Flesher, for fleshing on a beam (recommended by most dryscrapers).