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Re: Euro mount questions [Re: Bigbrownie] #7719427
11/16/22 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigbrownie
Stick wand in brain cavity, hose out brains.


Do this at your own risk
Brain matter to the face as well as everywhere else from head to toe is a strong possibility if you do not think this through BEFORE openeing the valve

Re: Euro mount questions [Re: BTLowry] #7719439
11/16/22 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by BTLowry
Originally Posted by Bigbrownie
Stick wand in brain cavity, hose out brains.


Do this at your own risk
Brain matter to the face as well as everywhere else from head to toe is a strong possibility if you do not think this through BEFORE openeing the valve

Got it - - rain gear and face shield it is.

Re: Euro mount questions [Re: H2ORat] #7719468
11/16/22 09:17 PM
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Look up maceration. Really easy. Doesn't stink too bad. Takes about 3 weeks. Great results. This past year I have done a bear skull, cougar skull, and elk skull all with great results.

Re: Euro mount questions [Re: ol' dad] #7719471
11/16/22 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by ol' dad
Congrats to your dad! You definitely want to make a memory out of it! I just finished up this year's archery elk. The one on the left is last year's. I thought they turned out good.

I soaked mine overnight with tap water and Dawn dish soap. The next day I simmered it (don't boil) for about an hour and a half with tap water and a box of baking soda. Once I pulled it out I hit it with a power washer and everything came off slick as a whistle. I let it dry and then squirted it down with a mixture of 40 volume cream mixed with a little 3% peroxide using a squirt bottle. Mixing the thicker cream with a little regular peroxide to thin it enough that it will squirt out of a bottle was nice. I was able to get up inside all the crevices and cavities. It's cheaper than 40 volume liquid form and it works better than using a paintbrush with straight cream. Afterwards I put it in a black garbage bag with a heater on it overnight. Next morning it was as white as I wanted.

The lighting in my living room is not very bright so they don't appear to be as white as what they really are.

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Dang it man!! Those look awesome! Outstanding work on the kills and the skulls!! I want an elk now, lol!!

Re: Euro mount questions [Re: Swamp Wolf] #7719494
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Originally Posted by Swamp Wolf
Use Mop&Glo brushed on as a final sealer. Gives skull a very mild citris odor too along with a soft matte finish.

do you use the mop and glo on the entire set or just the head (not the antlers)?

Re: Euro mount questions [Re: H2ORat] #7719548
11/16/22 10:38 PM
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My group buries the skull in the ground and we put a barrel over the antlers. Retrieve it the following August or September. We don’t bleach ours, but you certainly could. I have one at home that was cleaned by by beetles.

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