Cleaning old white tail skull/hide?

Submitted by John Madson on 03/31/2004 at 22:39. ( jmadson@nconnect.net ) 66.84.174.4

I have not been able to find any help regarding this in the achieves. I have a
customer that has given me a white tail skull and antlers for antler repair, cleaning and whitening the skull. The shed was found a year after
he killed it so there is a lot of rotted/dried meat and hide on it. Will
boiling with water and sal soda help loosen what's left or is there a better way?

Thanks for all the help
John

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Maseration

This response submitted by Marc A on 04/01/2004 at 07:21. ( ) 206.138.130.2

Go to search and type in maseration. I think this will tell you what you need. Good Luck !

Also Search maceration

This response submitted by Coot on 04/01/2004 at 15:29. ( ) 63.149.216.42

This works to. LOL

Boil It

This response submitted by Jeff on 04/01/2004 at 16:35. ( ) 152.163.252.165

I just cleaned one that was hanging outside for 4 months. I boiled it in water and sal soda for just a short time. The lightly sprayed it with a pressure washer. Repeating this until clean.

I don't know if it was the correct way but it worked

tanning hides

This response submitted by Kyle on 04/01/2004 at 20:07. ( kdwalk425@yahoo.com ) 130.126.30.127

I have a hide that I would like tanned, I live in Illinois and noone around does that if someone could tell me of someone who does tan hides and how to get a hold of them I would appreciate it.

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