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Degreasing A Deer Skull
TommyGun496:
--- Quote from: buglebuster on December 08, 2025, 01:33:21 PM ---If you boiled it, you may never get it all out
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Did not boil it. I did simmer for about 1/2hr while I was cleaning the meat off it.
buglebuster:
--- Quote from: TommyGun496 on December 08, 2025, 01:37:08 PM ---
--- Quote from: buglebuster on December 08, 2025, 01:33:21 PM ---If you boiled it, you may never get it all out
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Did not boil it. I did simmer for about 1/2hr while I was cleaning the meat off it.
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Gotcha. Same method, same results.
highside74:
Are you going to bleach it?
We boiled ours in a cup of borax and some dawn dish soap for about an hour. We started to clean them after 30 or 40 minutes and kept putting them back in the water as needed to get everything cooked off. Let dry 24 hours then bleached them with 50v and quick white. Just enough quick white to thicken up the 50v. 50v can be ordered on Amazon without a beautician license. Brush it on and inside pretty heavy and cover with plastic wrap for 24 hrs to a week checking after 3 days to see if areas need more. I don't have a pic after the boil but this is after the whitening process. Decreasing completely isn't that big of deal.
Antlershed:
I’ve only boiled/simmered two skulls in my life, so I’m no professional, but I put some Dawn dish soap, and some laundry detergent with Oxiclean in while they simmered. After two years, they are still whiter than the ones that I paid to have bugs/maceration do, and I didn’t have to worry about the antlers coming back missing all their natural color.
TommyGun496:
--- Quote from: highside74 on December 08, 2025, 02:22:38 PM ---Are you going to bleach it?
We boiled ours in a cup of borax and some dawn dish soap for about an hour. We started to clean them after 30 or 40 minutes and kept putting them back in the water as needed to get everything cooked off. Let dry 24 hours then bleached them with 50v and quick white. Just enough quick white to thicken up the 50v. 50v can be ordered on Amazon without a beautician license. Brush it on and inside pretty heavy and cover with plastic wrap for 24 hrs to a week checking after 3 days to see if areas need more. I don't have a pic after the boil but this is after the whitening process. Decreasing completely isn't that big of deal.
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Those look good! I generally don’t bleach them, but this one I will. I have a 40 volume creme that I was going to try.
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