Outdoor Junkie
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Hello all,
I am making aEuropean mount of my antelope and mule deer from this year. All is going well. The skulls have been boiled, cleaned and whitened with 40% Hydrogen peroxide. I just need to super glue a couple loose pieces off the muley skull and I'll be done.... almost.
The antelope horns slide off the inner horns and there is a good amount of flesh between the inner bone and the sheath. I've got the skull completely clean and there isn't any flesh inside the sheaths. With that said, there is a good bit of "stink" coming from the inside of the sheaths. I don't want to boil these, since they are essentially matted hair and it seems like they could disintegrate if boiled.
Any tips on how to treat the inner part of the sheaths prior to reattaching them to the skull?
This will go in my office (the wife doesn't allow them in the living areas of our house ! I just don't want it to have that funky smell in the house. Thanks in advance. I'll send pictures once they are done!
I am making aEuropean mount of my antelope and mule deer from this year. All is going well. The skulls have been boiled, cleaned and whitened with 40% Hydrogen peroxide. I just need to super glue a couple loose pieces off the muley skull and I'll be done.... almost.
The antelope horns slide off the inner horns and there is a good amount of flesh between the inner bone and the sheath. I've got the skull completely clean and there isn't any flesh inside the sheaths. With that said, there is a good bit of "stink" coming from the inside of the sheaths. I don't want to boil these, since they are essentially matted hair and it seems like they could disintegrate if boiled.
Any tips on how to treat the inner part of the sheaths prior to reattaching them to the skull?
This will go in my office (the wife doesn't allow them in the living areas of our house ! I just don't want it to have that funky smell in the house. Thanks in advance. I'll send pictures once they are done!