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How to Clean a European Mount......Cool!!

Riverdude

Riverdude

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I use a pressure washer too, but I also cook it first. If you look at his skull, all of the delicate nasal bones are gone. I can use my electric pressure washer and keep those key bones intact.
 
Interesting. I'd think Mike's way of pre-cooking it would certainly help. I think I'd get in trouble if I went up to the local car wash to do it though.

Really liked the link to the Skull Hooker brackets they showed http://www.skullhooker.com/ Think someone on here had a couple on their mounts.
 
Here's a mount I just completed for a friend. IMG_20141210_173104643.jpg
 
Diablo54 said:
Do you use peroxide?
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Yes. I use a 40 or 50 strength gel peroxide from the beauty supply store. Paint in on, making sure to hit every nook and cranny, and let sit for a few hours. Pour some down the sinus cavity and brain case. I usually rinse it and coat it thoroughly a second time and let it sit for another few hours. After you rinse a second time, it's bone white.

BTW, prior to this last skull, I would usually use a 3/8" spade bit to mash the brains, but a pressure washer makes short work and they disintegrate easily after cooking.
 
I used peroxide gel from hair supply shop. I also cooked it in mixture of water and dawn dishsoap. This combo will make the skull a nice and white color.
 

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I used to have dermestid beetles to do my dirty work. They are long since gone. I still do a handful of skulls for folks. I macerate them now and get to enjoy the wonderful sights and smells of rotting flesh and brains....

Dawn is one of the best, cheapest and easiest ways to degrease.

I too use the hair stuff for the hydrogen peroxide to whiten. I've used some 27% hydrogen peroxide from a pool store, but it's liquid and harder to control. The hair stuff is good.

Be careful using heat or do it slow and low. The sensitive bones near and around noses will separate. You can also lose the definition inside the nasal cavity.
 
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