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Degreasing deer skulls

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BowEd:
I use Van Dykes degreaser while boiling the skull.Then after everything is removed and while the bone is moist I apply magnesium carbonate and house hold hydrogen peroxide into a paste and paint the on the skull to dry.It will be and stay snow white for years to come.
Doing this while the head is fresh is the best.To find an old timer whitetail that's been dead for months and months are the hardest to do as the fat and oils have dreid in more so then,but still doable the way I described.

I've done many many skulls of all kinds.Bobcats,otters,coon,coyotes,and beaver.They all come out white as fresh snow.Here are just the deer skulls.






Here's some buffalo skulls.The first just boilded with only bleach.The larger second one I bought as is already done as it is a grayish color.Not sue how it was done.

bjrogg:
Nice Ed

I really like the buffalo skull that you did. Looks great.

I received a longhorn head in a trade.

It was separated from the longhorn steer about three months before I got it and already had some bugs working on it. I took it back to our woods and left it there for about a year and a half.

It had a little hide left attached to the jaw mostly. I took our  hot water pressure washer and washed it really good. Got in the brain cavity and any openings I could. I really like how it came out.

I didn’t really want it Snow White but its nice and clean. I didn’t really have space for it inside but I had a spot in mind right next to my man cave.

Bjrogg

bjrogg:
I have the lower jaw yet to but I didn’t glue it back together yet. I might even use it for some other projects. Not sure yet.

Bjrogg

archeryrob:
Wow, that looks like a lot of work. My buck head from last year is covered in the compost pile waiting for the bugs and worms to clean it by next September.

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