2024 Meat Pole

[birddog 68]

My buddy who picked up my mount said he toured the shop and Rocky was using a bunch of beetles/bugs of some sort to clean the skulls.

A local guy uses African Beatles. I've boiled a couple and it's a long process especially carefully cleaning the nasal cavity. Now I go the lazy route and just drop it off and let the Beatles eat and pick it up a few months later. He puts some mixture on and it's very white or he started doing camo dipping on them but I prefer white.

 

[WYO300RUM]

Boil. High pressure meat off a few times. Brains out. Dry. Soak in peroxide. Don't use bleach. It's oily and will turn yellow. Don't boil too long. Nose will fall off and desolve and teeth will fall out after.

 

[HandgunHTR]

A local guy uses African Beatles. I've boiled a couple and it's a long process especially carefully cleaning the nasal cavity. Now I go the lazy route and just drop it off and let the Beatles eat and pick it up a few months later. He puts some mixture on and it's very white or he started doing camo dipping on them but I prefer white.

Add some baking soda (about a cup) or Arm & Hammer laundry detergent (about a 1/2 cup) to your boil water to dissolve the connective tissue faster. Then use a power-washer with a wide-angle tip to get all the gunk out of the brain and nose cavities. Doing it this way shouldn't take more than 2 hours.
Bleach as described in my post above and you will end up with a good looking skull. I usually give mine a coat or three of clear matte spray paint to make it easier to dust later as well.