DIY Euro Question

[Jared.King]

Ok. How are y’all getting the gristle off the back of the skull? I’ve tried brushes, dull knives, sticks, tried to hose it. Don’t have access to a pressure washer. Does it just need more time in the water?

[Heartland Hunter]

I've always used a wire brush

[DapperDan]

Following bc I have one I need to do. What are you guys bleaching them with?


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[Jared.King]

I’m using a wire brush now, just time consuming. Have volume 40 peroxide cream that I’ll whiten them with

[DapperDan]

I’m using a wire brush now, just time consuming. Have volume 40 peroxide cream that I’ll whiten them with

Where do you get the cream?


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[Jared.King]

Where do you get the cream?


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https://www.amazon.com/Stabilized-Cream-Peroxide-Developer-Hc-50404/dp/B00C7W5L44?pd_rd_w=FLJev&pf_rd_p=a28133ec-5b85-4edc-a86d-b84ff70773f5&pf_rd_r=ZATM8K4PRENCG2TQNPJP&pd_rd_r=e8e3ac0d-b9f2-4e42-a020-269105baaaab&pd_rd_wg=9Zf4d&pd_rd_i=B00C7W5L44&ref_=pd_bap_m_rp_1_sc

This is what I bought. Never used it, I’ll let y’all know how it goes. Currently doing two axis and one whitetail

[JTCowpoke]

More time in the water.

[mmurphey]

Go to a self service carwash and spend a few bucks to pressure wash it. That's how I did it before getting a pressure washer. You can really flush the meat out of the nasal cavity too. Be careful not to blow the nose bones down a drain!

[Jared.King]

More time in the water.

Thanks!

Go to a self service carwash and spend a few bucks to pressure wash it. That's how I did it before getting a pressure washer. You can really flush the meat out of the nasal cavity too. Be careful not to blow the nose bones down a drain!

Unfortunately, no car wash in town. Closest is 30 minute drive

[ArcheryNerd]

You know it's a tough call. I love my pressure washer.

Did you already bust off the nodules by the ear canals? It's like a round boney ball.

Instead of boiling it you could try putting it in black bag with a little water in the sun, for like a week. I do the at to "sweat" the horns of a ram or aoudad. Really you are trying to get the tissue to rot off. It will smell but you can bleach the skull and it will kill the smell.

Alternatively you could let it dry 100% then use dremel tool to grind it off

[Patton]

Covering it with borax will help dry it out and make it more brittle/easier for the wire brush to remove. When you do the volume 40, it will dry out a lot of that as well.

[topher]

Skull Bleaching Kit

Sold per Kit
Van Dykes taxidermy

$36.00

Here is an economical way to bleach out (whiten) any size skull up to and including Elk. This skull bleaching kit contains everything you need in order to safely and quickly boil the skull and then bleach it using 40 volume Hydrogen Peroxide and a powered bleaching agent. The kit contains latex gloves, mixing sticks, sodium carbonate and complete instructions. Contains enough material for approximately three deer skulls.

I also use a dremel tool with wire brush to help remove the small pieces of meat.

[bigbad243]

Just whiten it and then pressure wash. The whitener will eat that off. But next time boil in dawn and sodium bicarbonate, then use pressure washer, right off. Also break out those ear drums.

[TXBRASS]

Go to a self service carwash and spend a few bucks to pressure wash it. That's how I did it before getting a pressure washer. You can really flush the meat out of the nasal cavity too. Be careful not to blow the nose bones down a drain!

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[KIETHSTONE]

I boil with dish soap. I saw a great power washer at the car warsh. Those round lobes come off when the ear hole are cleared. Then run to Sally’s and get done peroxide cream.


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