skull plate cleaning

[kwasky]

Just wondering how to get the left over blood off the skull plate of the buck i got this year? Do i have to boil it or can i just bleach it?

Thanks.

[Blacktail]

pick all the crap you can off ofit after you boil it for about 30 minutes then set it to dry

[Rackaholic]

I would boil it for 10 minutes and scrape everything off with a knife or sand it off with sandpaper, once it's clean, boil it for another half hour and you're good to go.

[Angel]

boiling will weaken the skull tho..... O NATURAL is the way to go, takes awhile tho.

[Big Banger]

I boiled mine and made antler soup at the same time :-D.

[sawmill]

I boiled mine and made antler soup at the same time :-D.
You are a survivor,onions help a lot for flavour.:mrgreen:

[Big Banger]

Lol, you should have seen the look on my 5 year old son's face when I told him that, priceless!

[carnivore]

Add some sal soda ( washing soda) to the water and just bring to a boil. The skull will come clean and any tissue will turn to jelly and come off easily.

[wighty]

I boiled mine with water and bleach.... 2 times.... came out super white and clean.... skull still feels strong also

[dime]

I have boiled all of my antlers, but had a mishap this year. It was a young deer (little 3X2) and when I boiled the skull plate it ended up breaking in half, so on each side I had one antler attached to half a skull plate. I had to glue together, but it was not straight. I boiled for about an hour, maybe it was too long. If you are going to boil, do so with caution.

[bighornbob]

Never use bleach as over time it will slowly eat away at your skull. In a couple years you will have white powder constantly falling off. Use hydrogen peroxide, the stronger the better.

BHB

[brock77]

Don't actually boil the water, just heat the water. Put the skull in while the water and skull are the same temp to avoid breaking.
I just did my first whitening, turned out great for my first one. No bleach, 1/2 a bottle of hydrogen peroxide and an old tooth brush.
To heat the water i used the bbq, the distance from the flame to the bottom of the pot was perfect and didnt boil the water. just a little more time envoled in the begining

[mstewart]

Brock77. Great Idea with the BBQ. I was using the Coleman white gas stove. It was a huge pain.