skull bleaching


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Re: skull bleaching

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I'm looking to bleach some skulls. I know about the meat removal, scraping. What kind of powder is used to mix with the 40peroxide to make the paste to coat the skull with ?

Where can I get that powder?

Any info appreciated.

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You say that you know about the meat removal. Care to share? I still have a doe skull in my freeze that I wouldn't mind working on.

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Re: skull bleaching

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Ya gotta have, latex gloves, a big pot to fit the whole skull in and to boil the skull in, liquid soap in the boil to break grease and fat(DAWN,works good), a sharp knife, sharp scraper 1"putty knife I use. Saran wrap to wrap the antlers and seal out the bleaching stuff. The boiling will discolor the horns. Boil, hack, scrape. Use a wire hanger to scramble the brains out. Be careful with the water, just before the water gets to boil is OK, simmer it, boiling splashes.

Depending on the state of the de composition of your skull,(well not your skull, the skull your boiling grin.gif) you may have to boil it 4 hours or more. Every hour or so, take it out and scrape some meat loose. Keep doing this. If the water smell is too much to take, dump the water and make a new boil and start over. The nasal cavity is very delicate, so if you want to preserve that part, be careful around there.

After the skull is clean and dry, you paint it with 40% peroxide and this powder I have been asking about. Let it dry and you have a european mount.

Thats what I know.

Hope it helps.

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