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ALDEHYDE TANNAGE [1 record]

Record 1 2006-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tanning and Currying By-Products (Leather Ind.)
DEF

A tanning method using a formalin solution in the manufacture of white leathers and also washable glove leathers.

OBS

Formaldehyde is dissolved in water to create formalin and used as the tanning solution primarily to produce leather which is white in color and washable; commonly used for tanning deerskins with the grain removed [but] yellowing occurs upon aging [and] grain leathers tanned with formaldehyde can be subject to "cracky" grain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tannerie et corroierie (sous-produits) (Ind. du cuir)

Spanish

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