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Dish saop stained our bear skull

Discussion in 'Beginners' started by arkennedy, Nov 11, 2014.

  1. Nov 11, 2014 #1
    arkennedy

    arkennedy New Member

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    We tried preping our first black bear skull and after a few days out of the peroxide 40 it started turning black so we thought it still needed degreasing some more. After leaving it in the soapy water for a few days I took it out and now its stained a glow in the dark green colored from the green dish soap. Is there any way to remove this?
     
  3. Nov 11, 2014 #2
    Mudcat72

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    Shaw, MS.
    The replies you get will be better in the skulls and skeletons section of the site, but they're gonna want more info.

    How it was cleaned?(boiled/beetled/macerated...etc)
    How long have you degreased?
    What was the soap used and did you heat it?
    What containers you used in the steps?
    Got pics?
     

  5. Nov 11, 2014 #3
    Raphite01

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    I've had a skull pick up a green "glow" from an off-brand dish detergent before, but it came out after another dilute peroxide soak.
     
  6. Nov 11, 2014 #4
    arkennedy

    arkennedy New Member

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    We boiled it. We didn't degrease enough first time before the peroxide so we rede greased it in green polmolive dish soap for probably three weeks changing water a few times over period. It was noticeable green after the first rinse but just thought it was a thin layer of soap on the skull. We had don't the rinse in a plastic wash pail. Right now we got it in a bathof just the reg peroxide, the 3% stuff. Nothing has happened so far. I'm wondering if boiling it again would get the color to come out or would it just penetrate the bone more. I'll get a pic taken soon as I can.