RE: cleaning deer skull?
 

Boiling is probally the cheapest way to do it but be careful, boil it too long and the bone/cartiledge down by the nose area will become soft and break. Trust me, I have seen and had it happen.

RE: cleaning deer skull?
 

Skin it, then boil it about four hours, wash the meat off with a hose. Drill another hole into the brain cavity below the spinal cord hole. This makes it so brains will not blow back all over you when you wash them out. If bone parts come loose save them and glue them back on later with plain old Elmer's.

When it is clean it soak a bit in a borax solution, boric acid or just borax soap. You can bleach it a bit too if it is not white enough for you but do not get bleach on the antlers. You want the color there. Borax is deadly to plants, insects, arachnids, and fungus, but is harmless to other animals. You use borax soap to wash your hands after all.

RE: cleaning deer skull?
 

Borax is a laundry booster
You can usually find it by the laundry detergents at Wal Mart
Be Care-full not to get Boraxo powdered hand soap I don't think that will work.

RE: cleaning deer skull?
 

I would not boil the antlers...I have seen many discolored this way. Submerge just enough to cover the skull cap. I have also seen tin foil wrapped around the base of the antlers for additional protection from the "cleaning process".

Might want to check out the the Huntingnet.com taxidermy forum too.

RE: cleaning deer skull?
 

No kidding man. I'm not far from you and have been out in a t shirt. It just feels weird for January.

Good luck with the skull and get us some pics when your done.

RE: cleaning deer skull?
 

I know a guy here locally that uses the beetles and they turn out great. Charges $55....beats putting up with the smell and the mess.

RE: cleaning deer skull?
 

where is the taxidermy forum?

RE: cleaning deer skull?
 

you can probably find some of it at a walmart show me your pictures of the deer

RE: cleaning deer skull?
 

ok ill try

RE: cleaning deer skull?
 

here it is