Hunting Washington Forum
Community => Taxidermy & Scoring => Topic started by: 6haase6 on March 09, 2013, 11:19:57 AM
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I have a set of antlers that I want to do a shoulder mount with. But I didn't plan on it before so never cleaned the skull plate. Needless to say the jerky strips I have dried on the skull don't come off very easy ;) anybody have a good way to clean it off?
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Boil it. It should solfen up,and be easy to clean after.
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I ran one through the dish washer once came out nice and clean and what wasn't off peeled right off or I could get off with a pocket knife.
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Boil water then add dawn detergent and then set skull in the water until the meat/hair etc. becomes loose enough to cut or scrape off. Once all the meat is off I put borax on the skull plate for a couple of days and then you will be good to go.
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I just took the dried hyde of a skull cap I just use a hammer and chisel and screw driver.
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I just took the dried hyde of a skull cap I just use a hammer and chisel and screw driver.
There are much easier ways.
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They are elk antlers so boiling is going to be real tough.
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They are elk antlers so boiling is going to be real tough.
no need to boil water with skull.
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This was an easy fix back when I had bugs, they would chew it off as long as it was all they had to eat. Hopefully you learned your lesson from letting the hide harden up on the skull plate... you just need to soften up the hide and skin it off. Still not gonna be a lot of fun its much easier to do when its still fresh.
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Dremal tool, pliers, and a flat head screwdriver. About 15 minutes and your done.
