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stuckinthemud:
Hi guys.
I'm prepping a marrow bone for inlay work.  I have stripped it of meat but its quite heavily contaminated by grease.  Any tips on how to de-grease the bone? Currently its soaking in a strong sugar-soap solution.

Thanks, Andrew

Pat B:
You may try boiling it in soapy water. I think I'd cut off the pieces I wanted to use and degrease them.

chamookman:
Acetone will be Your friend -  :OK. Bob

JEB:
Cook the bone using Dawn dish soap in the water. Then go to a beauty supply store and buy a bottle of 40%peroxide. Put the bone in a pan, cover with peroxide and set in the hot sun. That will clean it up and make it bright white.

osage outlaw:
I would do as Jeb suggested.  You might want to put the peroxide in a plastic container.  Peroxide and steel are a bad combination. 

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