Bleaching deer skull

The taxidermist will do it for you fkr about 100$ as well

Gy in my group did it for his bear looms good

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Originally Posted by oaknut

I do my fair share of euros and use a 40 volume cream whitener from a salon supply store. Brush it on the skull, cover with plastic wrap and leave overnight.

You can get cheap 3% in bulk and reuse it but it only works well if you use it for the second boil, 20 minutes and you are good.

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I second that! I actually find they turn out pretty white using 40 volume peroxide.

Finished these two off with an 8 hour soak in 20 volume.

I have found the boiling part to be far more important, two or three changes of water minimum. I add some laundry detergent to the first two pots and half a box of baking soda to the third.Attachment 39283

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Originally Posted by oaknut

Finished these two off with an 8 hour soak in 20 volume.

I have found the boiling part to be far more important, two or three changes of water minimum. I add some laundry detergent to the first two pots and half a box of baking soda to the third.Attachment 39283

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If you can find it Arm & Hammer washing soda does a great job degreasing when boiling. I find I only have to boil them once for 1-11/2 hours and then after cleaning a rinse in clean boiling water. TC

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Originally Posted by trky chsr

If you can find it Arm & Hammer washing soda does a great job degreasing when boiling. I find I only have to boil them once for 1-11/2 hours and then after cleaning a rinse in clean boiling water. TC

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That's the good stuff! Even the liquid detergent works far better than dish soap.

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I have been cleaning skulls for over 25 years
And The only thing I use is soda ash, I don’t think there are too many people that know about it.
Soda Ash, commonly called Sal Soda, is used to dissolve meat, fat and grease when simmering skulls and antler plates. Simply add Soda Ash to simmering water and immerse the skull or antler plate
Nothing else needed.

Skull, where do you get the sal soda from? Is it something that can be picked up locally?

I simmered a skull cap in oxiclean for a few hours last year. Oxiclean contains soda ash and sodium percarbonate (and other fillers). It worked really good.

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Skull, where do you get the sal soda from? Is it something that can be picked up locally?

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I get my supplies from McKenzie Taxidermy
Here is the link https://www.mckenziesp.com/Search.aspx?k=Soda+ash
I don’t think there is anything local