Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-03-10
LEATHER FOR KID GLOVES.

Months Of Careful work Required to Tan
II, ana the procoasfs Employed.
New lotk Advertiser
To many OF their fair wearers infor
nation concerning kid gloves is largely
limited to a knowledge OF the latest
shades in which they Aro 10 be had,
somo shrewa views on the relative val.
uos of harguin.countor offerings, with,
perhaps, such entertainment as may be
derived from watching through
Elover's window tlsft cutter shape his
wares They may he interesting to
learn from d recent number OF the Shoe
and Leather Reporter something OF thu
elaborate processes 10 which the skins
must be- Subjected before they are ready
for that came cutters manipulating
fingers.
Kid gloves are made. says this
authority principally from In nb and
kid skins imported from Brazil, trnnce
and Germany. They come 10 this
country PACKED in bales containing
from $50 to 100 skins Thcss skins
which are about four feet in length and
three feet in width. are first placed in
wooden tubs and thoroughly soaked in
cold water From the soaking tubs
thsy arc placed in a circular revolving
drum and washed,
After washing for quarter of an
hour they are taken out and placed in
lime pits, whero they are lsft covered
with limo ami water for about two
weeka. The lime acts on The pores Of
the akin, opening them go that the
hair can be easily removed. To take
otf tho excess limo the skins are
padded This ia performed by placing
tho skins in cold water aud running
than hack and forth over paddle
wheel. After padding the hair 10 re.
moved by spreading the skins nut over
a heam, an operator then scrapiag off
), the hair by mems Of an unhaiIing
knife.
Tho next operation is feshing. A
skin ia place1 as before over a beam,
the operator cutting oil the particles OF
fiosh adhering TO the skin, giving it i'm
even thickness and also trimming otf
the ragged ends. After floshing the
skins arc washed again in the revolving
drum for half an hour, after which they
. nre tioshed again TO take oil the grease.
The material is then padded again in
warm water, after which the skins are
spread out agsin on heams and slated,
the process taking off the surplus dirt
and giving them a finish. They are
padded and then drenched in q tub o.
bran and water, the operation removing
the lime and opening the pores of thu
,, skins. The skins ars then put into /
revolving drum containing tanning
a liquor composed of alum, salt, lou
and the yOlks of eggs.
I Whsu the skins nre dry they arr
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n mill and softened, after which they ar
!. staked. This is performed by drawing
the skins back and forth over the edg
:, OF brUnd steel kuifc. They ara pu
I again into the dry room, after whicl
q they ara staked again, the operation
a taking off the dried -four, which stick
. to the material from the tanning LIQUID
A The first operation to which the skin
q when arriving al the dye house ar
! submitted TO il the securing, which
RI performed ny fulling them with waite
!. OF about 10 degrees +. temperature, on
r. which is for tho purpose of moistenin
the skin and removing auy iInpurit
still adhering to it from the taYin
a operation. Generally the securing take
4 place in a vat in which bRrefoote
i, workmen trampie the skins in water
!, this operation lasts about one and
IA half houra, the water being remove
a. four times; finally, to tho water la
used is addict the yclk of eggs al II
rate OF about one litre per gross
Hkins. The skins are left to steep
water for from two to four days, a
ms cording to whether they have bee
tawed recently or at some time pms
of The egg yolks are used either fresh
=" sailed.
no This skins are next dyed. This opsrt
le ton, even in Francn, is performed
n passing hrusneB charged with color ov,
I'd the skins stretched either upon tab
ts or over u wooden horse. These tanl
ty are usually of wood covered with lea,
Id The skin. flesh side down, ia strstcht
he upon such a table by aid of to
ne called massette, being a shset eth
ne Of zinc or guita per cha the edges,
n which are rounded off, so as to insu
a the adherence Of the skin to tine tabl
Mt Then two or three applications of ca
he Donate of ammcnin, or a substitu
at therefore, are made with brush Il
he coloring matter follows next. of whit
ls, from seven TO nine layers are general
sal applied. The operation is terminate
to by passing over the skin a last layer
he some metallic aalt, copper, alumina
c, iron, according 10 tina shade desire
he this metallic salt fixes the colorir
ur matter and alters it entirely. The ok
be is then taken of and turned, with t
Tut grain side upon the table, and +
ng greater portion of water it contains
wn then pressed out with slight, shu
elf massette.
, The skin is then dried in a h
an chamber by auspeuding it by the hi
a feet to bars furnished with hooks. II
a leaves it hard ami like parchment.
or restore its supplcness it lie packed vi
OF its fellows in large box ami tn
A sprinkled with moistened suwdnst. 4
is skins absorb little humidity theret
uol SO that they can be opened with !,
ers care and without risk of tearing
nts leather. The skin ia softened by tire
ay ing it upon roundabout circular bla
the or stretching iron. All the supplsu
rit- is restored to the skin by passing
re- finally over tho suppling iron. 1
the skin is then ready for the glove mar
ost facturer.
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