When mounting a deer, what do most of you use on the antlers, if anything? What do you think looks best, natural color or wax for a shine? The antlers that I am mounting now are over 20 years old, they look good, but I was wondering if I should use something to bring them back to life.
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50/50 mix of linseed oil and turpentine, before mounting, brush on and let set a day or two, then wipe off residue and get-r-done. No wax needed. Then re-do once a year after mounted.
Buy it at Wally World.
I use either Liquid Gold or Old English furniture polish. Be sure it is liquid. The two products have petroleum bases. I apply with a small sponge and recommend that my customers apply this every six months. This will clean the dust from the antlers and give the antlers a light sheen. I have used either of these two products for twenty years.
No petroleum distillates, you can buy a gallon of the 50/50 what you'd pay for either small container of the other stuff, and the MOST IMPORTANT PART: linseed oil and turpentine are natural products that deer come into contact with constantly. They impart a smell that's actually quite natural. It's also the ONLY thing you can use on rattling antlers to retune them with their natural timbre.
where do deer come into contact with linseed oil and turpentine? i dont know exactly where they are derived from so im not sure where deer find them.
Linseed oil comes from the flax plant which grows naturally in the wild as a "weed". Turpentine on the other hand is actually distilled pine tar as occurs in all the boreal forests of North America.
Linseed oil comes from the flax plant which grows naturally in the wild as a "weed". Turpentine on the other hand is actually distilled pine tar as occurs in all the boreal forests of North America.
Scott's works great. I just spray it on liberally and let it soak in overnight.
You can buy it at the grocery store.