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| − | An old English name for an alum process used to preserve [ | + | An old English name for an alum process used to preserve [[hide|hides]] or skins. Tawing uses [[potash%20alum|potash alum]], salts, and other materials such as eggs and flour to make a soft, flexible, stretchy skin that is usually white in color. Tawed skins are susceptible to degradation when wet. |
== Sources Checked for Data in Record == | == Sources Checked for Data in Record == | ||
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Description
An old English name for an alum process used to preserve hides or skins. Tawing uses Potash alum, salts, and other materials such as eggs and flour to make a soft, flexible, stretchy skin that is usually white in color. Tawed skins are susceptible to degradation when wet.
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- Edward Reich, Carlton J. Siegler, Consumer Goods: How to Know and Use Them, American Book Company, New York City, 1937
- Website address 1 Comment: American Leather Chemists Association Glossary at www.leatherchemists.org