Ive tried all kinds of ways to bleach skulls. I have had so many suggestions,but nothing ever comes out like I want it to. I've tried caustic soda ash, soda ash, plain water, salt water, bleach. It either makes the skull too thin or turns an ugly white.
The one's boiled in water, I have tried bleaching the skull with women's hair bleach, or a high solution peroxide. It still does not turn the nice creamy white color. Please help me as I am ruing all of my personal skulls with my failed experimentation.
Thank you,
Trenton
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here is the way that i do my skulls and they turn out fine .
I get as much meat off the the skull as I can and at the same time I got water in the pot boiling I add some TSP it is a heavy duty cleaner then put the skull in and let it go but keep and eye on it as well ,once you have all meat off the skull sometimes I use a wire wheel for some of the harder stuff.Fill sink with enough water to cover skull and 5-10 % bleach let soak for 20 or so minutes never soak in full stenght bleach it will turn skull yelleow plus bleach will start to eat the skull.this I do just to disinfect then what I do is get some QUICK WHITE (super -srenght powder lighter)and some 40 volume developer make like frosting and paint skull let stand for 12 or so hours or next day rise and let dry .it should be the
white your looking for .NOTE if your doing skulls with antlers don't get any on the antlers . LOL
Dennis D
Here's what I do... Get a spray bottle, fill with hydrogen peroxide, spray skull generously (not antlers). Hang outside in the sun... Keep spraying each day until it is as white as you want it.
This works very well.
David B.