Chapter XXIV Oil Tannages, and the Use of Oils and Fats in Currying
Primitive use of oil in leather manufacture — Chamoising and the production of washleather — Manufacture of Moellon, or Dégras — Sod oil — Formaldehyde leathers — “Crown” and “Helvetia” leathers — Theory of oil leathers — Processes of currying — Theory of the stuffing process — Hand-stuffing — Drum-stuffing — Stuffing of dry leather — “Spueing” and its causes — Fat-liquoring PAGE 378