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Old 01-03-2005 | 08:10 PM
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i had a buddy do a skull mount for me...hes got the pot n boils them and gets them done real nice....but somehow it fell in when he had peroixide in the water....and kinda bleached the antlers.....i was wondering if i can stain them back somehow....they were a brownish color originally......thanx alot.....
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Old 01-04-2005 | 06:00 AM
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SHOE POLISH,will do it!The past kind,in a can.Or wood stain,dark walnut.
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Old 01-04-2005 | 08:10 PM
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hmmm im sittin here looking at a can of brown shoe polish now.....just rub it in?? more coats make it darker or hows it work? i know its not going to be magic and go right back to the right color......and i have all kinds of wood stain....im set....what would be the best way to go? its a scrap rack......but i cant stand looking at the bleached white dry look they got now......anyhting will be better.....thanx alot
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Old 01-11-2005 | 06:29 PM
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Restore Woodstain would probably work all right. I've used Pine & Oak colors...
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Old 01-12-2005 | 05:51 AM
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try just a drop on the back where it want be seen so much to test it.a few different ones till you get what you want.
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Old 01-13-2005 | 10:53 AM
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potassium permanganate
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Old 01-19-2005 | 05:07 PM
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ive heard that wood stain works.
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