A severely crushed inuit sealskin harpoon float was re-shaped after humidification by inserting a pair of metereological balloons inside and reflating them. Once the skin was dry, the balloons were removed. A smaller float was humidified and reshaped without the need for balloons. Water-ethanol was used for softening. Repairs were made with lamb's gut and jade 454 pva. This work was carried out some years ago and the adhesive has been found to yellow with age. A naskapi quilled and painted buckskin jacket, wrinkled, stiff and hard was softened with ethanol-water, then manipulated by four people for eight hours until the leather was completely dry. Failure to do this would have resulted in hardening again. In this case also lamb's gut and jade 454 were used for repairs.