european bears

Maceration or beetles.

 

X2 on maceration and beetles I can simmer a skull and keep all that in place. You are pulling it out of the simmer too soon. Done correctly, you can take a water hose and rinse all the sinus material out without destroying the sinus bones.

 

Need to add some sal soda or washing soda to your simmering, after a few hours hose off and put back in simmer until you get the skull clean. Just had 4 in a bucket of water outside for 2 weeks, hosed off and clean, just be careful as the teeth will fall out. Time and maceration works best, the aroma is the only negative.

 

Maceration, for me, is the easiest of the three and by far the stinkiest of the three as well as the most time consuming. Not my direct time consumed, but, just over all time to produce it.

 

By far in my opinion beetles is the best way to go it keeps the skull in perfect condition as well you don't lose any of the nasal cavity or anything and beetles are pretty cheap to get as well