Euro Mount Help

[lildorris00]

I had two that I was going to try (first time) this year. I boiled the first one for about 6 hours on a pretty high heat and that did the job. However, the bones, specifically smaller ones around the nose area, broke off so I didn't get the look I was going for. The 2nd one I did at a much lower/barely bubbling heat to try to avoid making the nose portion as brittle. I think this was heading in the right direction but somewhere around the 4 hour mark I ran out of propane. At the time, I couldn't stop what I was doing and go refill it.

My question is that for the 2nd skull, I would say about 90% of the meat/matter is gone but the small amount that is left is now some form of a harden almost jerky like consistency and I can't get it out/off. Do you have any ideas how to finish it? Should I try to boil it again just to try and get those pieces soft enough to remove or just leave it outside and let nature do its thing over the next few months? I'm not even sure that nature would be able to get this cooked material off.

Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

 

[mizzippi jb]

Get it wet and soft, then pressure wash it. That'll peel it off once it's soft. On the 1st one, take an angle grinder and a swazall and cut the base and teeth off. I really like this look as well.

 

[kmckinnie]

The bones on the 1st can be super glued back in place.

 

[antharper]

In the future use a little bit of oxy clean in your water. I’ve done about 50 this year and only boil them about a hour . First round about 30 minutes , then cut eyes and anything else you can off . Then pressure wash and back in pot , then pressure wash again . The oxi clean turns meat into mush .

 

[willie1971]

simmering led to better results from a rolling boil. I did 2 boils too, for about an hour each

 

[antharper]

To answer your question , yes I’d boil it a few minutes to soften what’s left and then pressure wash

 

[sea trout]

My wife does em and I'll tell ya what she does. But it's a longer process for just a little better results.
She does maceration. If weather is hot out she has a john boat out back with fence around it and we flesh out skull to best of our ability, (though there's still meat on it and brains in it). they sit in john boat full ah water.
If already cool weather she boils the water then turns gas off and lets skulls macerate in hot water.
This takes weeks in warm/hot water
Then when everything loose she puts on her rain suit stuff and pressure washes every thin off and out.
Then she boils water again then turns off and gives them Dawn bath and a scrub brush
. Then does some kinda paint with womens peroxide hair care stuff.
They are perfect when done with no loose bones because all the connecting cartlidges are not cooked away.
Like I saids it's a longer process kinda step by step. no instant euro mount the same day. But maybe this 'll add a little food for thought
Good luck!!!
Pictures!!!

 

[Todd E]

~~~~~~^ THIS

If you don't have a beetle tank, above is the way to go. Maceration. Quality results. Nasal cavity looks as if it came out of beetles.

Macerate
Pop ear canal bones out
Pressure wash
Back in clean water mixed with dawn platinum concentrate for a week to degrease.
Wash
40 vol peroxide creme mixed 50/50 with water
Tape off bases.
Heat mix to 150°
Hold skull in mix 15 mins
Remove and rinse
Set skull in sun to bathe 24-48 hours

To answer your question, macerate the skull in current condition. Then follow steps. I've had skulls brought to me that literally dry rotted in a grocery bag. I was able to bring them back to pearly white skulls by macerating what I was given.

 

[treadwell]

Is maceration a fancy word for rot?

 

[Gator89]

Is maceration a fancy word for rot?

It is softening by soaking an object in liquid.

 

[Philbow]

How to Clean a Skull, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Information on hunting and trapping in Alaska.

www.adfg.alaska.gov

I have my wife pick-up two boxes of Biz at Target when I run Out.

 

[Milkman]

20 Mule Team borax detergent is a good additive to the boil.
I usually remove the lower jaw while raw. I remove as much muscle and tissue as possible while raw as well.
I use a low slightly moving boil and remove from the pot a few times during the process to clean off tissue.

Afterwards I soak it a couple of days in peroxide.

 

[billy336]

I do many euros every year. At this point, I recommend to simmer clean water with a good squirt of dawn in it. That will pull the grease out of bone and the tissue will fall off. Just let it sit in there for a few hours. I use a high percentage peroxide hair product from sally beauty supply to whiten. Couple days in the sun and it’s good

 

[kmckinnie]

My wife does it. It takes her 7 hours to do one to complete. She just done these 2 for me.

 

[Offroadtek]

Here is the vid that helped me. Only took a couple hours.
PRO TIP: Get some surgical forceps off amazon to reach in and pick out the tight areas.

 

[coolbreezeroho]

Bury mine and wait a few months .....

 

[sea trout]

Her's a little of winter time maceration process.
skulls got in pot with water and a little dawn
water can be heated up to boil then gas turned off.
repeat every day or so and keeps water warm
(or if summer time leave in water outside and let nature do it's thang)
Mah wife uses a bigger pot than needed to do 1 at a time. She does multiple at a time or she does long horns, watusi, moose, elk, coming up soon she's gonna do a bison for the 1st time


A couple few weeks they ready to clean off and pressure wash
these will get pressure washed later today, or an other day



Water after maceration has much ah the stuff left behind

 

[Confederate_Jay]

Go to Walmart and buy a $12 single burner hot plate and a 10 qt canning pot. Fill the pot and add some dawn dish soap. Cook the skinned out skull on high for about 6 hours. Make sure water stays topped off. Pull it and knock off any loose meat, eye balls lower jaw etc and run for another couple hours. I don't use a pressure washer. It will blow stuff off and you may not find it. I just use a jet nozzle on the water hose.

The pot should not boil but it will get hot and slow cook the meat right off the bone. Sometimes yowill still have nose bones come loose especially on young deer. I reattach them will clear rtv silicone

 

[basshappy]

Her's a little of winter time maceration process.
skulls got in pot with water and a little dawn
water can be heated up to boil then gas turned off.
repeat every day or so and keeps water warm
(or if summer time leave in water outside and let nature do it's thang)
Mah wife uses a bigger pot than needed to do 1 at a time. She does multiple at a time or she does long horns, watusi, moose, elk, coming up soon she's gonna do a bison for the 1st time
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A couple few weeks they ready to clean off and pressure wash
these will get pressure washed later today, or an other day
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Water after maceration has much ah the stuff left behind


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Good stuff We've had one in a similar process finishing up.

 

[BOWFINWHITT]

Whitebone creations has great videos on this from start to finish. I do mine the same way all the way down to the mop and GLO at the end .. they turn out great.