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Quebracho Extract: Heartwood Chips Boiled in Vats and Boiled Down
Quebracho extract is the tannin of the red quebracho tree of South America, a mild, fast tanning agent that gives leather a red-brown colour. Chip the heartwood, boil the chips in water, and boil the liquor down to a solid extract.
The picture: our diagram, chips to boiling vat to dry extract.
Beginner
Two days
Instructions
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Chip the heartwood
Chip the heartwood
Split the heartwood into small chips with the hatchet.
Materials for this step:
Quebracho Colorado Heartwood (Schinopsis lorentzii)5 kgTools needed:
Hatchet
Balance Scale2
2
Boil
Boil
Boil the chips in water for some hours, strain off the red-brown liquor, and boil them again in fresh water. Combine the liquors.
Tools needed:
Large Cooking Pot
Fire Pit
Firewood
Strainer
Water3
3
Boil down
Boil down
Boil the liquor down, stirring as it thickens, until it is a thick syrup.
Tools needed:
Large Cooking PotFire PitFirewood
Wooden Spoon4
4
Dry
Dry
Pour it thin onto a tray and dry it hard. Break it into cakes and keep it dry.
Tools needed:
Flat Drying TrayBalance Scale5
5
Extract from your wood
Extract from your wood
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