COUESAZ Report post Posted November 24, 2009 My brother found a skull a few years back from a lion kill. It was killed in the velvet. It still has some left on it. I want to remove what is left on it and then maybe dye the rack so it does not look sun bleached on part and not on the rest. So what is the best thing for me to use to do both steps of that. My boys have been wanting my coues racks in there room. So I went down to storage and got them out. Man you sure do forget some of the racks you have until you see them again and then when you see each one it is instant in remembering exactly how that hunt took place. even every emotion is right there again. CRAZY. The next rick will be talking him into letting me put it in the boys room after doing this work to it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GameHauler Report post Posted November 25, 2009 My brother found a skull a few years back from a lion kill. It was killed in the velvet. It still has some left on it. I want to remove what is left on it and then maybe dye the rack so it does not look sun bleached on part and not on the rest. So what is the best thing for me to use to do both steps of that. My boys have been wanting my coues racks in there room. So I went down to storage and got them out. Man you sure do forget some of the racks you have until you see them again and then when you see each one it is instant in remembering exactly how that hunt took place. even every emotion is right there again. CRAZY. The next rick will be talking him into letting me put it in the boys room after doing this work to it. Just throw it in a fire and in the morning, NO VELVET I think you deserved that one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AzBuckCHaser1 Report post Posted November 25, 2009 my buddy thats a taxidermist has a buddy that has these beetles that will clean the velvet right off so check into that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COUESAZ Report post Posted November 25, 2009 Well I soaked it in water for about 30 minutes. Then i started pilling it off. I found under the old yucky velvet that the rack had a crack in both sides. Not sure if that was just from setting for so long or if it was from the water. So i decided to not put it back in the water. OK so I put it in thw fireplace and you are right no more velvet to bother with. In fact i should not even need the bettles at this point. Ma it sure stinks right now. I had to put it back on the side yard for now. I will boil the skull this week and bleech it out next week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmer Negamanee Report post Posted November 25, 2009 Soak the skull in some hydrogen peroxide to whiten it a bit (how long you soak depends on the concentration of H2O2 you have) but leave the antlers as is. Then you can put it on a wall or on a dresser or bookshelf or anywhere in the boys' room. It'll look cool. And for goodness sake don't listen to advice from the Internets. Oh, wait, never mind. Seriously, though, I think that'll work. Let us know what you do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues Archer Report post Posted November 27, 2009 nice buck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
