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Title: hog skull ? Post by: i20hogz on October 04, 2011, 12:39:13 pm got a good boar this weekend, i cleaned the head boiled it sprayed bleach on it but it dont look like some i have seen, they almost look like there painted white? mine still has that dirty yellow look any suggestions ??
Title: Re: hog skull ? Post by: bayem~and~slay em on October 04, 2011, 01:12:08 pm Boil it longer till all the oils are out switching out to clean water ev so often may take few hours use peroxide nxt time or nxt time water rought it
#bayem&slayem Title: Re: hog skull ? Post by: slimpickins on October 04, 2011, 03:51:52 pm Yup, that yeller color is grease. Blue DAWN dish soap in the boil will cut the grease better than anything I've ever tried. The more the better.
Title: Re: hog skull ? Post by: cpasket on October 04, 2011, 03:57:21 pm I do a lot of heads for people i soak them in peroxide for a day or to it works good.
Title: Re: hog skull ? Post by: slimpickins on October 04, 2011, 07:18:24 pm Folks, be careful with peroxide and any kind of bleach or bleach paste.
I ruined several good ones before I asked any questions and figured it out. If you are not familiar with doing your hog heads, don't try anything for the 1st time on a trophy. Yes, that is experience talking. Ask, ask someone else, and ask again, you'll get varied responses, same as varied results. I have done a bunch and probably 1/2 were successful, luckily they were no one else's. If you want your trophy to look like your buddies who had it taxidermied, take it to that taxidermist. Title: Re: hog skull ? Post by: i20hogz on October 05, 2011, 04:18:33 pm thanks for the advice ill try dawn a couple of times see what i can cook up!!
Title: Re: hog skull ? Post by: LionandBoarHunter on October 05, 2011, 06:03:50 pm I SOAK MINE IN JUST WATER FOR 8 DAYS CHANGE WATER EVERY TWO DAYS ON THE 8 DAY I TAKE IT OUT AND PRESSURE WASH IT PUT IT BACK IN BLEACH WATER FOR 2 DAYS TAKE IT OUT AND PRESSURE WASH IT AGAIN AND LET IT SIT IN THE SUN FOR A DAY OR 2
Title: Re: hog skull ? Post by: slimpickins on October 05, 2011, 07:03:39 pm JP, that's sounds very simple, I like it. Sounds like it would be hard to screw up.
What kinda bleach water you talking, a cup, a gallon with about how much water? I'm figuring prolly 10 or 20 gal. water, depending on the bucket large enough to submerge the head. Title: Re: hog skull ? Post by: firemedic on October 06, 2011, 12:47:57 pm If you boil your skull too long it will get chalky and you don't want that......soak it in Acetone for a day or two, that will remove grease.....then go to the beauty store and get some hair bleach that women use to bleach their hair.......mix it up as directed and coat the skull with it......let it set on it for a bit and then wash it off....you'll have to use the neutralizer to stop the bleaching action. let dry and your ready to go.....coat with some matte finish clear spray.
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