I have a problem I want to take a big rack I found to the soprts show on Feb 1,2,3rd. Well the skull sitll has bits of hair and skin and fat and stuff on it and it stinks real bad. Is there a way to get all the stuff off thats kinda easy.
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Unless you're trying to run your old lady off.
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We do that after we boil them. Be careful if you stick the nozzle in the brain cavity though. The water will shoot right back up in your face... which can cause your lunch to shoot right out of your mouth.
LOL, and them brains are about as sticky as super glue too. :smack: :biggrin:
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spoke to a taxidermist yesterday about this he said to boil for ten or 15 minutes at a time and remove all the meat and brains you could b4 boiling said to drill a hole into brain cavity and remove all you could guess I will do some boiling soon myself also he said to pay special attention to nose area very easy to crack and brake here
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There's a kind of beetles.....or a hole of water with crayfish.....or the boil/power wash method. Forget drilling that stinking mess!:wink:
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I burried mine in the ground with the horns sticking out, covered them with a bucket and they are coming clean. the worms, etc eats rest off. heard to use peroxide after that to get em white. could boil the skull in an ajax water bath to get em white. watch out not to get on rack as it will bleach it too. shouldn't smell too bad with just bare skull though.
http://www.skullsunlimited.com/
You might give these guys a try. My friend sent them a few bear skulls in the past. They have a Dermestid Beetle Colony that will clean a skull pretty quick. They are in OKC and should be able to turn it around in the time frame you are wanting. Just depends on how many skulls are ahead of you.
You might give these guys a try. My friend sent them a few bear skulls in the past. They have a Dermestid Beetle Colony that will clean a skull pretty quick. They are in OKC and should be able to turn it around in the time frame you are wanting. Just depends on how many skulls are ahead of you.
Here is a link showing what I do.
The only thing different is I add a half of cup or so of washing soda to the pot when simmering.
http://www.tndeer.com/art-skull-mounts.html
The only thing different is I add a half of cup or so of washing soda to the pot when simmering.
http://www.tndeer.com/art-skull-mounts.html
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Let me see.....eeeny...meeeeny...miiiiiney...moe, I wonder where; dis one go??:razz: :biggrin:
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taxidermydude told me this, and it works, but not in the time frame you have.
cut the head off right at the base of the skull. skin it out if you wish, if not, its ok too. put the skull in a 5 gal bucket of water, where the head but not too much of the horns are submerged. leave for a couple of months, a considerable distance from the house. when you take them out they should be clean as a pin. i did one this year like that, and it worked great. one round of boiling with peroxide to whiten, or use the poor boy method i chose, white kiwi shoe polish, the liquid bottle with the sponge on top:thumb: BG12
cut the head off right at the base of the skull. skin it out if you wish, if not, its ok too. put the skull in a 5 gal bucket of water, where the head but not too much of the horns are submerged. leave for a couple of months, a considerable distance from the house. when you take them out they should be clean as a pin. i did one this year like that, and it worked great. one round of boiling with peroxide to whiten, or use the poor boy method i chose, white kiwi shoe polish, the liquid bottle with the sponge on top:thumb: BG12
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A fish cooker with a #2 wash tub does good. After a good rolling boil you can sling the stuff out. A long shaft screwdriver will loosen the stuff between douses.
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