Darkening Antlers

[smeurer]

I've seen posts before on darkening antlers, but couldn't remember what everyone uses. I found a deer (looks like it died last season) and I'm wanting to darken him up. I remember some folks said they used coffee grounds, others minwax. Send pics if you have them.

[DOUBLE.A]

Maybe some furniture stain?

[Jpenn24]

Potassium permanganate works great

[MikeConner]

Potassium permanganate works great

This.

[WildThings]

Potassium permanganate works great

This.

This ^

But Minwax wood stain works very well also. You may need to do several coats to get the color shade you need

[smeurer]

where do you buy Potassium permanganate?

[MikeConner]

Check with your local plumbing supply. It's used in water softening systems.
Some but not all Lowes of Home Depot stores have it too.

[ajm2nac]

ive used wood stain in the past. brush it on, then quickly wipe it off with a dry rag. repeat till desired color is reached.

[GarGuy]

Shoe pollish works great too.

[K-Train]

I used brown shoe polish. Turned out great. Think I'm gonna try the min wax wood stain next time to compare

[mchildress]

Old English furniture polish liquid just wipe it on.

[Jpenn24]

U can buy it at second to nature taxidermy supply. Probably online and find it. It produces the exact color but use a rag and wipe a small bit on first and wipe off . It will freak you out at first because it is purple but it dries brown really fast.

[MisterB]

go to the craft store or Wally World and buy you the smallest tubes of acrylic artist paint in both umber, and raw umber. Thin the paint with plain water and a cheap brush and apply very thin coats until you get the final color you desire. I use the darker paint nearer the bases in the gnarly areas and blend to the lighter reddish color as I go up. I sometimes leave a hint of white right on the tips for effect. Cheers

[Adgerc15]

wd40

[Pacman]

Wood Stain works great.