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What is bating in leather making?

Treating hides with enzymes to soften them.

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  1. Bathing leather in dye
  2. Treating hides with enzymes to soften them ✔
  3. Beating leather with a hammer

Why: Bating uses enzymes to soften hides during processing.

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Answer: Treating hides with enzymes to soften them. Bating uses enzymes to soften hides during processing.

  1. Tanning (leather) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanning_%28leather%29
    hides may be treated with enzymes to soften them, a process called bating
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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