european mount process

[gmbritts]

I have been serching this sites for methodes for doing a euro mount.and have found alot of good info.But I am still missing some info. If some one could give me the process from start (hide still on) to finish (whiened and glossed) that would be great. I will be doing the boiling method what should I put in the water.

thanks for all your help
Gmbritts

[nctaxi]

try this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIu9_0_oXdU

I haven't watched it but saw it on another site. Try Sal Soda in your water. I use the maceration method or beetles, i don't like to boil

[gmbritts]

thanks I will check it out

[Flying Geese]

gmbritts,

I just completed a eight point for my son about two weeks ago... I boiled it in a stock pan (large pan) for about an hour and a half. I used three scoops of borax (laundry detergent) and one scoop of oxy clean... I mixed the borax and oxy clean in a one gallon platic milk container and then added the contents to the water in the stock pan. I boiled it at a low to medium boil, pulling the skull out approximately every 15 minutes. I would scrape the "loose" stuff off for about five minutes and then put back into the "boil". After I was done boiling the skull, I spinkled about a half scoop of oxy clean directly onto the surface of the skull and rubbed it in with a old tooth brush. I rinsed the skull in cool water and let set over night. The skull came out extemely white and I didn't feel the need to "bleach" it. I then useda krylon glossto protect the finish. I mounted the skull on a3-D oak plaque with a brass plate. I completed the mountfor under $20.00 (-) the free piece of oak and the oxy clean. It would have been around $10.00 if I wouldn't have gotten the brass plate with my son's information on it.

Borax (@ $3.00)
Oxy Clean - My wife already had some in the laundry room
Oak Plaque - A friend had and old piece of an old oak desk
Brass Plate - ($7.00)
PloyFinish -(@ $6.00)
Foam Brush (2) - (@ $1.00)
Time @ 4hours Total

[liquidorange]

or if your cheap and lazy you could dig a hole and bury the skull for a couple months in your back yard.when i unearth it i soak it in water and bleach for a couple hours then let it air dry and give it a light coat of flat white spray paint.

[metaldonnieg]

how effective is boiling it at getting the brain out?

(i had to come back and fix this, it made no sense haha)

[zrexpilot]

Ido a bunch evey year. Skin the head, remove the lower jaw, I use an outside type propane burner and big pot, boil the head for about 2 1/2 to 3 hours in water with a couple or three squirts of dish soap, remove the head and pressure wash it clean, blow all the brain matter and nasal matter out with the pressure washer, dump water and replace with clean water and a big bottle of peroxide, boil head in that for another 30 minutes, let dry, preferably in the sun. Thats it. I get placks for them from here.

http://www.walnutcreekhardwood.com/shop/products.cfm?catid=42&category=Taxidermy+Panel s&cfid=14896&cftoken=67105687

[BRUSHHOG3]

I am in the process of a Euro mount. I can't figure how to get the nose cartilage out and some of the other cartilage off. Can't really scrape it w/ anything. just kinda stuck now. Any suggestions?

[zubba]

I am in the process of a Euro mount. I can't figure how to get the nose cartilage out and some of the other cartilage off. Can't really scrape it w/ anything. just kinda stuck now. Any suggestions?

Take a pressure washer and blow everything out. I normally do this to the brain cavity and the nassal passages. Works well.

[travisville]

Wire it to a tree above an ant hill