euro mount recipe's/instructions
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huntindad4
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Just did one and it turned out great!
Just go to Sportsman's and get a kit and also get the strong Peroxide (mine is from Van Dykes taxi supplies). When you boil it don't do a real hard boil just kind of a low boil as I have been told a hard boil will push oils into the bone.
Leave the powder peroxide mix on as long as possible (I did 2 and a half days).
There are other recipes on the internet and I am sure you will get some here but this one worked great for me.
Bill
Look out Forkie, FTW is watching us!
Just go to Sportsman's and get a kit and also get the strong Peroxide (mine is from Van Dykes taxi supplies). When you boil it don't do a real hard boil just kind of a low boil as I have been told a hard boil will push oils into the bone.
Leave the powder peroxide mix on as long as possible (I did 2 and a half days).
There are other recipes on the internet and I am sure you will get some here but this one worked great for me.
Bill
Look out Forkie, FTW is watching us!
ishootaRUM300
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When in Colorado I was told to try using a pressure washer that has a burner. I am not sure what to think about that. I would be worried that you would blow it to pieces. Has anyone tried this?
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Yoyak
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pressure washer works great on hearty skulls. I use it on elk all the time. Works on deer but you gotta be careful...more fragile skull.
LAST EDITED ON Dec-02-11 AT 07:52PM (MST)[p]Step by step on what I do....
1. cover the antlers with foil so boil wont mess up the color.
2. Start by taking as much meat off the skull as possible.
3. take out all the brain from the skull
4. boil for 4 hrs then go back to work taking as much met off as possible (If you have a high pressure wash system...GREAT)
5. put back in boil if needed.
6. make sure all but the bone remains.
Note: I use Borax laundry detergent to drive away any bugs just incase I left some meat on the skull.
There is many many ways to whiten your skull.
The best way I have found is go to walmart and have them mix a flat paint to your liking of skull color.
7. Paint in coats with a sponge brush
8. Let dry and go over with a wood wax and it comes out great for me
The way I do my family's, friend's and my euros.
1. cover the antlers with foil so boil wont mess up the color.
2. Start by taking as much meat off the skull as possible.
3. take out all the brain from the skull
4. boil for 4 hrs then go back to work taking as much met off as possible (If you have a high pressure wash system...GREAT)
5. put back in boil if needed.
6. make sure all but the bone remains.
Note: I use Borax laundry detergent to drive away any bugs just incase I left some meat on the skull.
There is many many ways to whiten your skull.
The best way I have found is go to walmart and have them mix a flat paint to your liking of skull color.
7. Paint in coats with a sponge brush
8. Let dry and go over with a wood wax and it comes out great for me
The way I do my family's, friend's and my euros.
alinrut
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Thanks for all the input, I actually found what I though I had lost in the move and it was a EuroMount kit from VanDam that I bought a few years back and use it sparingly on normal horn mounts. I posted the pic's of my euro mount under "did it myself euromount" for anyone who wants to see how it turned out.
Thanks to all for the advice and help, I'm not gonna lie, it was a frikin nasty process!!!!
Thanks to all for the advice and help, I'm not gonna lie, it was a frikin nasty process!!!!
