Did you boil the bone in 20% peroxide solution first?
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@TexChik so I soaked them in soapy water for a couple months to get the grease out of them. Then I soaked them in 3% peroxide for 2 days. Boiling destroys bones I’ve always herd never boil or bleach
@SW-User If there is a lot of tissue on the skull (fresh kill), a taxidermist uses 20% peroxide and boils the skull (for a bleached skull mount) until the bone is completely devoid of any soft tissue. Yours looks amazing.
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@TexChik that’s really interesting thank you for sharing!! I will look into that method. I have some bones and a skull I’m doing an enzymatic maceration with. I added papaya enzymes to the water to help break down the flesh. I read about this process being very gentle and less likely to damage the bone/skull
@SW-User The fumes are toxic with that concentration of peroxide, they do a slow boil for about 3 days. It even dissolves the brain tissue
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@TexChik yea it sounds toxic. I’ve been cleaning my bones with a slower less hazardous process. I do appreciate you sharing this process though it is very interesting and I wanna look into it more. I’ve spent hours researching bone cleaning techniques
@SW-User Look into the taxidermy methods, they have to process a lot of mounts in a short amount of time. The heavy nitrile gloves and a mask and goggles are also advised
