Euro Mount Question

Hydrogen peroxide (more concentrated the better) mixed with so clean detergent booster, make into a page and let sit on the skull for 1 hour, will take that crap off and leave it “bone” white…


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Make sure to remove the ear canals. It can help sometimes to drill a small hole into the brain cavity from the bottom with a 1/2" wafer blade to flush everything out of there. On tough, greasy skulls, I sometimes let them soak in a room temp hydrogen peroxide/water solution for a day or two and it seems to help whiten them up without weakening the skull too much. Let us know if you find a way that works for you!
 
When I started doing euro mounts I liked the idea of burying them and letting nature do the work, but what I find is that the end result is nothing like the end result of using a tank and buying the correct beetles. I just did two mounts this year, one was burried for a length of time and one fresh harvest, skinned and cleaned by knife as good as possible before a slow boil for a few than a long simmer.

The one burried and allowed to be eaten on by bugs was more fragile and nowhere near as clean as expected. Nature also did a good number of the bone/skull as far as degrading it and making it more fragile.

It’s my opinion, but cleaning it as quickly as possible and boiling / simmering in a powdered detergent before intelligently using a pressure washer is the best. If you choose to bleach or peroxide it you can but I also finish with a few coats of a clear coat from a rattle can to keep it from drying out too much
 
Once things get softened up, a pressure washer can work miracles.

Agreed. Hot water, not boiling, with dawn and borax following by pressure washer has done the trick with plenty of my way too procrastinated euro mounts. Someday I'll learn to just do it right way.
 
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