Hello all, went Norway recently, fantastic country by the way. Bought a reindeer pelt seat pad. It was smooth and it weren’t stucked together like this. After sitting on it for a few days, poorly it seems, the back of the skin is sticking to each other, causing it to have bumps. I’ve tried to slowly peel off the creases, but it looks like the skin is going to rip (2nd picture). I’m sure many Norweigian has this, anyone have any way to peel the creases apart? Please advise, first pelt i’m buying
you bought a bunch of rejected paintbrushes on a sheet of plastic.
It was not stretced im the making, can’t be fixed, it being flouride coated makes it shrink even more over time
You’ve been scammed, only way i would manage to get it stuck like this on my real one, is glue. There is no way this can happen with skin.
Looks like you might destroy the glue or coating that is on but not the skin. I think force and a little help from an sharp knife.
Try putting a light pull on either side and go at it with water and a toothbrush
Looks funky
Reindeer skins don’t tolerate warm temperatures well and should be kept outside/in a shed.
Looks like a fake pelt I’m afraid. It’s maybe plastic coated and that’s why it’s sticking together. Sorry you may have been scammed…
Hello thar. I have one of those. Also from XXL. The coating is a t hin layer of silicone. When you compress it it can stick, but you can just tear it apart. It might break the silicone, but that’s fine. The silicone makes it not absorb as much water from below in addition to making it easier to clean and slip resist.
I work at a tannery! Skins a usually capable of tolerating a lot of work so stretching it out should be a possibility. 😊 even if it feels like its about to tear. But ofc, be careful and watch out for weak spots around the edges that might tear easier.
Hi, friend!
This looks very peculiar, no real fell or pelt I’ve seen has behaved like this. I happen to be in the trade, and what really bothers me is the fact that this was sold as “waterproofed” – skins are by definition waterproof. Sure, they can get stained or stiffened by repeated or prolonged exposure to moisture, but if they are dried properly after use they should keep for years or decades. To me this skin seems to have been treated with a plastic-like coating that disintegrates with mechanical stress.
My best tip would be to first fill a suitable container with very hot water, put the skin gently in the water, stirring no more than necessary to soak the skin, then leaving it to cool to room temperature. Afterwards, put the skin in the washer, running it on a wool cycle with wool detergent. Spin cycle it on high. Afterwards, rub the skin side of the pelt with a natural soap, that is a soap derived from fats and a base like lye or potassium hydroxide, stretch it into shape and let it air dry flat, skin side down, in a warm, well ventilated space. A Norwegian person would call this soap Green Soap, I think the English term is Black Soap, but any liquid hand soap should do the trick. Just mind that you don’t rub the hairs of the pelt.
The skin might feel a bit stiffer after, but hopefully this would remove some or all of this very counterproductive treatment. And please be advised that no trwatment is necessary for skins to be water- or weatherproof. Nature already took care of that, no hydrocarbons necessary!
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Hello all, went Norway recently, fantastic country by the way. Bought a reindeer pelt seat pad. It was smooth and it weren’t stucked together like this. After sitting on it for a few days, poorly it seems, the back of the skin is sticking to each other, causing it to have bumps. I’ve tried to slowly peel off the creases, but it looks like the skin is going to rip (2nd picture). I’m sure many Norweigian has this, anyone have any way to peel the creases apart? Please advise, first pelt i’m buying
you bought a bunch of rejected paintbrushes on a sheet of plastic.
It was not stretced im the making, can’t be fixed, it being flouride coated makes it shrink even more over time
You’ve been scammed, only way i would manage to get it stuck like this on my real one, is glue. There is no way this can happen with skin.
Looks like you might destroy the glue or coating that is on but not the skin. I think force and a little help from an sharp knife.
Try putting a light pull on either side and go at it with water and a toothbrush
Looks funky
Reindeer skins don’t tolerate warm temperatures well and should be kept outside/in a shed.
Looks like a fake pelt I’m afraid. It’s maybe plastic coated and that’s why it’s sticking together. Sorry you may have been scammed…
Hello thar. I have one of those. Also from XXL. The coating is a t hin layer of silicone. When you compress it it can stick, but you can just tear it apart. It might break the silicone, but that’s fine. The silicone makes it not absorb as much water from below in addition to making it easier to clean and slip resist.
I work at a tannery! Skins a usually capable of tolerating a lot of work so stretching it out should be a possibility. 😊 even if it feels like its about to tear. But ofc, be careful and watch out for weak spots around the edges that might tear easier.
Hi, friend!
This looks very peculiar, no real fell or pelt I’ve seen has behaved like this. I happen to be in the trade, and what really bothers me is the fact that this was sold as “waterproofed” – skins are by definition waterproof. Sure, they can get stained or stiffened by repeated or prolonged exposure to moisture, but if they are dried properly after use they should keep for years or decades. To me this skin seems to have been treated with a plastic-like coating that disintegrates with mechanical stress.
My best tip would be to first fill a suitable container with very hot water, put the skin gently in the water, stirring no more than necessary to soak the skin, then leaving it to cool to room temperature. Afterwards, put the skin in the washer, running it on a wool cycle with wool detergent. Spin cycle it on high. Afterwards, rub the skin side of the pelt with a natural soap, that is a soap derived from fats and a base like lye or potassium hydroxide, stretch it into shape and let it air dry flat, skin side down, in a warm, well ventilated space. A Norwegian person would call this soap Green Soap, I think the English term is Black Soap, but any liquid hand soap should do the trick. Just mind that you don’t rub the hairs of the pelt.
The skin might feel a bit stiffer after, but hopefully this would remove some or all of this very counterproductive treatment. And please be advised that no trwatment is necessary for skins to be water- or weatherproof. Nature already took care of that, no hydrocarbons necessary!
Was it pun intended?