ORIGINAL: Stonewall308
Boiling too long can ruin the skull. I bought dermestide bettles and putmydeer headin my garage with a heater but they all died within a week. Now it is buried in my backyard and I am going to dig it up at the end of may and see how in looks.
Before my workplace got our beetles we did euros by boiling and I've never seen a skull ruined by it.
Note to others: While beetles may seem like a great thing to do there are some problems:
1) Not cost effective for the individual doing a couple skulls a year
2) They're only 1 step of the process...after that you need to get your hands on comercial grade chemicals for a professional looking skull, also not cost effective for the individual.
Boiling is definetly the way to go IMHO for the individual not looking to invest an arm and a leg for a euro mount or two over the course of a year.