Re: Degreasing skulls
[Re: mutt]
#6560844
06/23/19 10:02 AM
06/23/19 10:02 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 17,770 N.W. Iowa
Tactical.20
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 17,770
N.W. Iowa
|
Good mixture of simple green and 90 degree water bath, try to keep antlers out of water
Last edited by Tactical.20; 06/23/19 10:02 AM.
|
|
|
Re: Degreasing skulls
[Re: mutt]
#6560883
06/23/19 11:13 AM
06/23/19 11:13 AM
|
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 6,518 MB
Jurassic Park
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 6,518
MB
|
You’ll need to get the water up to 120F in order to degrease a deer skull. Add dawn dish soap to the water. Those antlers will fade a bit if you allow them to sit in the water for a few weeks. The worse part is that they lose all the bark that’s at the bases from when they were rubbing. I haven’t found a way that I like yet that keeps the antlers out of the water.
Cold as ice!
|
|
|
Re: Degreasing skulls
[Re: mutt]
#6561196
06/23/19 08:07 PM
06/23/19 08:07 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 6,547 NC, Orange Co.
QuietButDeadly
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 6,547
NC, Orange Co.
|
What looks like fading on the antlers is more of the dawn removing the ground in sap and dirt that gets ground into the ridges on the antlers. Continued soaking in dawn/water will soften the sap and ground in dirt and affect the appearance. Just the nature of the beast.
The first soak in the warm dawn/water usually knocks out the maceration odor pretty good for me. I usually do the first water change after a couple days that about once a week after that.
Life Member: NCTA, VTA, NTA, TTFHA, MFTI Member: FTA NRA NWTF
|
|
|
Re: Degreasing skulls
[Re: QuietButDeadly]
#6561260
06/23/19 09:55 PM
06/23/19 09:55 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 388 wisconsin, manitowoc
mutt
OP
trapper
|
OP
trapper
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 388
wisconsin, manitowoc
|
What looks like fading on the antlers is more of the dawn removing the ground in sap and dirt that gets ground into the ridges on the antlers. Continued soaking in dawn/water will soften the sap and ground in dirt and affect the appearance. Just the nature of the beast.
The first soak in the warm dawn/water usually knocks out the maceration odor pretty good for me. I usually do the first water change after a couple days that about once a week after that. First hand experiance.. exactly what I was looking for. I dont mind loosing the sap and bark, I would probably prefer it to be completely cleaned out for better preservation. I can always add that look back if I desire. I was unsure of "bleaching" out the antler with a chemical. The skulls and part of the antlers have been submerged in water for a month and a half to clean off all the tissue, it's why I went with maseration. Its gentle and easy. Dang near set it and forget it. Funny story I am using a plastic tub from Walmart a 5$ kinda thing. They have been masarating in my ice shack and it was time to dump the liquid. So I pulled the tub over to the door(shack is a 16' 1970's camper), I didnt want to dump it right out the door, so I was gonna lift the tub out the door and into the wheelbarrow. When I lifted it out and swung to the wheelbarrow the rope handle tore out. The tub dropped onto the edge of the wheelbarrow and tipped back right into me. I caught it about waist level and a good 5 gallons of liquid soaked me good.
|
|
|
|
|