Preparation of Sheepskin Unhairing Extracts from Locally Available Plants: Cleaner Leather Processing

Table 5

Soaking recipe for unhairing process through hair-saving method.

Soaking recipe for hair-saving method
Process	Weight (%)	Weight (kg/L)	Chemical	Time (minute)	Temp (°c)	pH
Pre-soaking	300	3	Water	10	25	8.5
	300	3	Water	10
Main-soaking	300	3	Water	30		9
	0.5	0.05	Wetting agents	O/N
	1	0.05	Soda ash
	1	0.5	Buzume 1448