Same here. 2-3X will usually get it good and white.I paint on straight 40 volume peroxide and let sit in the sun. Rinse off and repeat if necessary.
I've done nowhere near as many as WhiteBone, and not quite as many a Diablo, but this video is about 90% exactly what I do. WB's peroxide soaking looked like it got the job done in one soaking. The 40 volume creme does the same thing, and takes a lot less space, but more time. Paste it on, wait overnight or a few hours in the sun. Rinse/brush it off. 2-3X makes it good.The peroxide does a great job degreasing as well. This is the method the WhiteBone Creations guy has used on probably thousands of skulls. I’ve personally used it on over 40 skulls.
Peroxide soak, platinum blonde, 40 volume creme, spray paint, and white out! Plenty of options for the OP!!Or just pick up a six pack of White Out if you’re not particular about the results you’ll get…….
Don’t boil skulls. You just cook the grease in
Agreed. There’s no such thing as “cooking the grease in” but you can crack teeth by boiling. Better to keep it just under boil (I like about 200 degrees).Been slow boiling mine in Borax and Dawn dish soap for 30 years.
Never had a problem.
Mine come out looking just like yours. Just gotta simmer and be careful with them.Other thing you lose with boiling is all the nasal bones
Ya that’s not true.Other thing you lose with boiling is all the nasal bones
Two things, I've never tried the maceration, but would like to. I could probably YouTube it, but I'll just be lazy and ask here. Before you put it in the water with the pool heater to macerate, do you skin it? Pressure wash it? Or just toss it in? Also, do you put anything else but water in the bucket? And what's the delicates bag for? Do I macerate my underwear with it?There are paper thin portions of nasal bones (like see through)that just dissolve when boiled. That’s indisputable. You can still have some of the nasal structure left after boiling but it won’t be a complete structure. That’s fine, they still look good but the best product you can possibly get is through maceration. I have one coyote skull where the hair thin ear bones actually all stayed intact. It’s pretty cool
Boiling bone cooks bone. That’s kind of self evident . Cooking bone locks in grease and changes the bone structure itself. You get a chance compare a boiled skull to a macerated skull. They look and feel different. Both methods work. But maceration is really easy and kind of a fun other way you might want to try. Get a bucket, Aquarium heater and a “delicates” washing machine bag. It’s actually pretty cool. Just let that thing rot, hose it off when it’s done, drop it in acetone for a couple months then whiten it. You’ll be surprised how perfect it turns out