glutton for punishment trying to tan again

[farmgirl6]

okay, learned alot from my first attempt, have been given two frozen cow hides this time that are defrosting, while they are doing that I am building a customized covered work bench to make things much easier, that is a lot of leather to try and tan all at once so am quartering the hides, my question is, can I start with two pieces and salt preserve the rest until I am ready to brain tan? will salting first hurt the end result, make it less soft? can you brain tan after salting or does it dry out too much? when I am ready to use the preserved pieces, do I just apply the brain mixture? thoughts? can you brain tan cow leather? I have read some places cow leather will not brain tan...

[fishhead]

You may want to find out where the different thicknesses are on the hides so you when you cut the hide each piece will be a fairly uniform thickness.

[MullersLaneFarm]

I never salt hides that I'm going to brain tan.

Just place the hide, skin side together, roll it up, put it in a plastic garbage bag and into the freezer until ready to proceed.

Or, you could flesh it all out, string it up allowing it to air dry into raw hide.