Antlers And Maceration

Fully submerge them, or you will have watermarks where they protruded above the water line.

 

we don't normally submerge much past an inch or so. it normally won't hurt them at all. You will need to clean them well when you take it out of the maceration water.

 

I submerge them to cover the skull. There will be water line marks on some of them but most of it is gone by the end of the process though I occasionally will do a touch up. If you have a container to fully submerge the rack, go ahead. The other thing you can try is to coat the antlers well with Seal N Peel from the burr to above where the waterline will be. You have to put on a good coat of it, make sure you have cleaned the antlers with alcohol/acetone to remove grease or oils and make sure it is fully cured before immersing in water. Removing it from above the burr will also pull out some of the embedded bark bits. It seems to work but can be a nuisance to remove later.