I've seen places that will dip the skull also in like a camo pattern. A buddy of mine has had his kids fist deer done. He had like a mossy oak camo, but I have seen a winter/snow camo and I think it looks pretty nice.
I just messaged an old friend on Facebook, he's a heck of an artist. See if he'll paint something on the deadhead I found earlier this season. Figure if it doesn't turn out can always use some rattlers.
The camo dip in my area is 195 but that comes with the cleaning...(they use beetles)...a wooden plaque wall mount or table mount in either an arrow head shape or a regular shape.....and any camo dip you choose....im thinking thats pretty good based on others pricing for just cleaning Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 2
This mount intrigues me. Is this what yours will look like? Part of me wishes I would have done a euro on my buck from last year and done a mount like this.
Me and my buddy use that buck boiler bucket thing. Skin the head out, throw it in the boiler, let it sit 8ish hours, pick the meat off, then use the peroxide paste. For mine, I have just been spray painting them with the flat white enamel paint
Great looking euro mounts everyone. For doing euro mounts i always first scrape off as much of the meat as possible, then pot it in a pot of water, bring it to a boil and then just let it simmer for a while until the meat on the top of the skull falls off, it works great to put a cut down the middle of the top of the skull, so after awhile the meat starts to kinda peel off automatically. I always put a little bit of laundry detergent in the boiling water, i learned that from a taxidermist. I takes away the smell and loosens the meat tremendously. For whitening it i bleach it hydrogen poroxide, like someone had stated in an earlier post its good to get paper near the antlers so it doesnt bleach them and it soakes up a lot of the hydrogen peroxide to stay on the skull. I havent done many euro mounts myself. A few moose and deer, but have done probably around 50 bear skulls and a few cougar skulls, when i used to work with a taxidermist when i was younger he had me boil and clean many skulls.
I didn't think anyone else painted theirs! I first go over it with a stain remover and then go over it with flat white. I have seen on other skulls that people painted where the white fades after a couple years and you can see blotches on bone. I haven't had this issue when using the stain remover layer.
You are the only other person I have seen that does I just put a couple decent coats of paint on, i haven't seen them fade yet, but I have only had them sitting for about 2 years now inside. My logic was if they fade some, they will still be making spray paint anyways :D
This is my first post so I am sorry in advance if I screw something up.. I love how the all white looks but I prefer a darker tone. I bury mine in the backyard up to the base of there antlers and put a bucket over them to keep the dogs out.. The maggots an who knows what else have the head clean and leave nothing but bone behind by the end of each spring..I would recommend trying it out If you don't want to spend a dime and you don't mind waiting 5-6 months.
Yeah, it will be very similar, minus the bear skull. I'm putting this years and last years on this mount. It's the only reason I'm paying to have him clean it, too. Otherwise, it's not really worth the money to just have them cleaned.
I have been painting and then sealing my euro skulls with a a polyurethane coating for many years. They turn out nice but I have been thinking about trying out getting one done with beetles next year, I think they look nice. I just this year began doing skull carving but Ill save that for another post.
After you guys boil the skull, isn't there oil spots on the bone? Does your whitening process remove all those oil spots?
You need to use the 40% peroxide that you can only get from the Health and Beauty store. The regular peroxide that you use to clean out cuts in your skin is not strong enough. Just make sure to wear gloves. Dan, yes all the spots came out with the 40% peroxide.
Like everyone, I'll start by skinning the head, removing the bottom jaw, and cutting as much meat off as possible. I also find that scoring the roof of the mouth really helps in the removal process. Next, I'll add the skull and some oxy clean to the water in the pot, this is not a measured amount of oxy, just toss some in. Bring the water to a rolling simmer and let it work for 20-30 mins. You will notice the meat begin to gel up and basically fall right off the skull. I will pull the skull out and blast it with the sink hose. Repeat process until the skull is clean. This usually takes 2-3 cycles. The oxy does a great job of whitening the skull as well as degreasing. In the case of a greasy animal like a pig or bear I will then soak the skull in acetone. I picked up an inexpensive tip for those desiring a whiter skull. Stuff the nose and eye sockets with cotton balls and wrap the skull in cheese cloth, being mindful to not wrap the horn. Next, add regular house hold peroxide to a cookie sheet and set the skull on the sheet. The cheese cloth will absorb the peroxide evenly. Refill peroxide as needed. I will let this sit for a day or two then remove the wrappings and set in direct sunlight. Here is my euro tree. All the skulls were done by me.
