Boil time

[Curran]

Nice work!

 

[aholdren]

I vote the one on the right. Great thread by the way.

 

[Bigslam51]

Does anyone know what causes the white stains on my skull?

 

[finelyshedded]

No Chad, all of my skulls have slight blemishes as well but nothing that required touching up,IMO.

 

[Bigslam51]

OK, glad TOO hear Ric. I thought I fugged up!

 

[Diane]

Kind of looks like peroxide got in between the bone.

 

[jeremy44230]

Did ya happen to soak in dawn dish detergent & water? Several days of this soaking and changing the water will help to pull out the grease in the skull. After that you could use hydrogen peroxide to "bleach" the skull. It will give you a consistent appearance of the bone. Don't get hydrogen peroxide on antlers or they'll turn white also.

 

[Bigslam51]

I soaked it in dawn dish soap for a day, scrubbed it with a toothbrush, rinsed, and then soaked it in peroxide water for 2 days.

 

[Flatlander]

When using Dawn dish soap be sure to use the Red Dawn called Dawn Oxi ........that stuff is unreal! I had some in a cracked container that I repaired with super glue and it ate the glue out of the joint!

 

[Bigslam51]

When using Dawn dish soap be sure to use the Red Dawn called Dawn Oxi ........that stuff is unreal! I had some in a cracked container that I repaired with super glue and it ate the glue out of the joint!

Wouldn't it eat away at the bone then?

 

[Diane]

I always used the Dawn Original for soaking. Then 3% peroxide with NO water, just straight peroxide.

 

[Bigslam51]

All done! I will take another pic when it is on the wall.

 

[Diane]

Looks nice!

 

[Joel]

That looks cool! Bet it smells better than when you found it too!

 

[Bigslam51]

That looks cool! Bet it smells better than when you found it too!

Ya it smells a lot better!

 

[Fullbore]

Very nice thread on how to do a Euro. From start to finish. Great job Chad. It will look nice in your man cave buddy.

 

[Bigslam51]

Thanks Diane, Joel, and Ron!

 

[xbowguy]

Looks Good Slam! You definitely earned that one!

 

[Boarhead]

Looks great.

 

[Bigslam51]

Thanks guys, I feel a little better about the whole situation with this buck now that he won't totally go too waste. Its still sad that all that meat was wasted. The other guy that hunts the property I found him on has trail cam pics of him the last 4 years and he said his rack was always like that, so he was definitely a mature buck.