DEGREASING TIME LIST

[bmxkid313]

Everybody says to use the search feture when looking for deagreasing times. Although searching helps some a lot of times it does not give a specific number. I thought this could be where people come to see how long they need to degrease the skulls they have. So, name some animals and share your experiances of how long it takes to deagrease. You can give time estimates of small mammals, big game, reptiles, african game, fish, rodents or anything else! Sorry, but I don't have the experiance to contribute just yet.

[Sea Wolf]

No estimates. When it's done, it's done. Every one is different. I've had bears take a few weeks .. to over 6 months. Depends on the animal, how it lived and ate. It's done when you are happy with it and are proud to show it to someone else.

[TMALONE]

ditto

[QBD]

There is a reason you can not find numbers.  There are not any that you can reliably use.  And if you look at it as a range from x weeks to y weeks, there is such a wide range within a specie that the range does not tell you very much at all. 

Learn to read your degreasing solution....the most reliable way to decide when it is done. 

[Toxic]

its ready when the skull says its ready (literally)

[bmxkid313]

Oh, I see. Remember when I said I didn't have enough experiance to contibute to the thread?

[RD Martin]

No estimates. When it's done, it's done. Every one is different. I've had bears take a few weeks .. to over 6 months. Depends on the animal, how it lived and ate. It's done when you are happy with it and are proud to show it to someone else.

AMEN!

Look at the skull when it is completely dry. If it looks as though it is almost white then it is ready. Grease could still seep down later on (months) but drying the skull is the best way in IMO. Clear degreasing solution is a hint it might be ready but not always. You cannot degrease a skull too long.

[skullfreak]

what is the dawn to water ratio that works best for whitetail?i am using 1oz of dawn to a gallon of water.seems to work well but wondering if i would cut it back to 1/2oz to 1 gal

[Toxic]

what is the dawn to water ratio that works best for whitetail?i am using 1oz of dawn to a gallon of water.seems to work well but wondering if i would cut it back to 1/2oz to 1 gal

kinda thick by my standards, I use 1 0z of concentrate per 5 gal of water

[New Guy]

Can you use too much DAWN?  For instance, would 1 cup of DAWN to 1 gallon of water be too much?

[Sea Wolf]

Can you use too much DAWN?  For instance, would 1 cup of DAWN to 1 gallon of water be too much?

Yes. Dawn has to be in water to work. Adding more detergent wastes it and past a point, the solution no longer really works.

[RD Martin]

Can you use too much DAWN?  For instance, would 1 cup of DAWN to 1 gallon of water be too much?

Yes. Dawn has to be in water to work. Adding more detergent wastes it and past a point, the solution no longer really works.

and again...AMEN!
To add to that if you research how detergents and soaps work to break down grease you might find that rinsing is necessary to remove the grease that the detergent/soap has broken down.
With that said, it seems to me that it takes longer to degrease skulls sitting in the same heated solution for days. Some add bubblers to agitate the solution which in theory should work. I change my solution every day. When I first started I used buckets outside and because of freezing temperatures I changed the solution twice a day. It was faster degreasing than how I do it now. I do a few more things than just changing the solution but the theory is to remove the soap/dirt/oil as often as possible. It will be slower degreasing sitting in dirty solution IMO.

Use less soap, change more often.

[skullfreak]

thanx

[New Guy]

Thanx!!!!!!

[Kurt"PA"]

I am a 2 weeks guy, i degrease whitetails that long and whiten then see what they look like. Most of the time a deer can be done n that time with good hot consistant temps.  If they dont look good, back to the water and the BO helps to degrease.