Cleaning skull plate
10-24-2002, 07:58 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Montgomery IL USA
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RE: Cleaning skull plate
I boil them and remove any remaining tissue with a wire brush and a knife (by scraping). Then you can whiten the plate by brushing on bleach (careful not to get the antlers), letting it sit for 1/2 hour, rinsing, and repeating as necessary.
JRW
JRW
10-24-2002, 08:14 PM
#3
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Piedmont OK USA
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RE: Cleaning skull plate
The indians used salt. Borax works too though. You'll find a few tips here too. http://www.nativetech.org/tanning/
Sooner
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10-24-2002, 10:35 PM
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RE: Cleaning skull plate
10-25-2002, 06:33 AM
#5
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Almost Heaven WV
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RE: Cleaning skull plate
Put them in a pot of boiling salted water. You can add a little borax or baking soda if you like. Baking soda will give a nice white plate when finished. Cover only to the bases, boil about 10-20 min, then scrape and/or wire brush the tissues off before it cools. Wear some old gloves. Avoid chlorine bleaches they will yellow the skull plate.
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