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Offline Michelle_Nelson

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Re: European style (DIY)
« Reply #15 on: January 08, 2008, 01:19:21 PM »
any tips for an easy way to remove the brains?


 :chuckle: A Dewalt Drill and a Coat hanger bent in half.  Ever use a drill to mix paint kinda the same thing!  Got to be careful when doing this.  You can mess up a skull!

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Re: European style (DIY)
« Reply #16 on: January 08, 2008, 01:50:14 PM »
I know it says DIY on the topic thread, but for about a hundred bucks I paid Superior Skulls in Snoqualmie to have beetles clean mine.  Came back clean and almost all white, with no boiling mess and stuff.  Now I can whiten it myself and mount it the way i want.  If anyone needs their number, shoot me a PM and I'll gladly give it to you.

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Re: European style (DIY)
« Reply #17 on: January 08, 2008, 11:00:04 PM »
I know it says DIY on the topic thread, but for about a hundred bucks I paid Superior Skulls in Snoqualmie to have beetles clean mine.  Came back clean and almost all white, with no boiling mess and stuff.  Now I can whiten it myself and mount it the way i want.  If anyone needs their number, shoot me a PM and I'll gladly give it to you.

shawn

Well yes Shawn that is an option if you have an extra hundred bones. I dont have that type of money so i learned how to do this. and actually like it. But then again i would rather deal with a smell that goes away later that day and put a hundred bones down on something else like??? Sportsman warehouse or cabelas maybe......

My skulls turned out just as nice as a beetle cleaned skull and i have the satisfaction of knowing i did it myself also. This was just an option for those people who dont mind getting there hands a little bit dirty. If you are a busy person and dont have the time or patents to deal with this then absolutely have a taxidermist do it for you or get it beetled......

I would still recommend to everyone out there that this is very easy to do and to attempt it. even if it isnt a huge rack try it. The little guys look good like this also.... if you have any questions please feel free to ask and i will answer as soon as possable.......

Also if you are thinking of attemping this and you have a smelly head to do it with and you want some help. get a hold of me and i would love to go over a few things on the phone with you if you are interested.....

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Re: European style (DIY)
« Reply #18 on: March 17, 2009, 12:19:36 PM »
Forgot about this thread, good one for all you guys that were looking for a do it yourself euro
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Re: European style (DIY)
« Reply #19 on: February 27, 2011, 07:05:14 PM »
I read this topic and took the advice and covered my whitetail skull in a peroxide/whitener mix, so we'll see how it turns out.  I'm a little nervous that I didn't do it right. 

Mixed the peroxide and whitener together into a paste and then brushed that all over the skull, and now its hanging in the garage until I get around to brushing it off.  Does that sound about right?
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