My First Traditional Buck (added skull mount pic)

[LB_hntr]

Awesome job on the deer and the mount.

I cant tell from the pic if you sealed it with a gloss sealer or if that shine is oil from the skull.
If the shine is oil from the skull i have a suggestion. If you soak the skull (not the antlers, but only the skull part) in water and dawn dish soap for aobut a week it will remove the oil from the skull. If the oil is not removed it will yellow and be shinny and wet for a very longtime. after you soak it in dawn for a week or so you can whiten it with either kills spray paint or 40 volume peroxide and a paint brush. then seal it with a thin coat of arcylic semi gloss or flat spray paint. the whitening is optional but if there is oil in the bone it will take years to leach out on its own.

That sure is a beautiful set of horns and I just want you to be able to enjoy it for many years to come. Again great job!

[Caughtandhobble]

Originally posted by LB_hntr:
Awesome job on the deer and the mount.

I cant tell from the pic if you sealed it with a gloss sealer or if that shine is oil from the skull.
If the shine is oil from the skull i have a suggestion. If you soak the skull (not the antlers, but only the skull part) in water and dawn dish soap for aobut a week it will remove the oil from the skull. If the oil is not removed it will yellow and be shinny and wet for a very longtime. after you soak it in dawn for a week or so you can whiten it with either kills spray paint or 40 volume peroxide and a paint brush. then seal it with a thin coat of arcylic semi gloss or flat spray paint. the whitening is optional but if there is oil in the bone it will take years to leach out on its own.

That sure is a beautiful set of horns and I just want you to be able to enjoy it for many years to come. Again great job!

They were white after boiling with dish soap, then peroxide treatment. When I put the clear coat spray on and they turned a slight yellow, more so in the camera flash.

[wooddamon1]

   

[LB_hntr]

[/qb][/QUOTE]They were white after boiling with dish soap, then peroxide treatment. When I put the clear coat spray on and they turned a slight yellow, more so in the camera flash. [/QB][/QUOTE]

I figured it was probably just how the pic was taken.

Congrats again on such a beautiful deer and awesome mount.

[South MS Bowhunter]

Again great deer and the mount came out awesome!

Way to go, Ben! I don't know how I missed this over here. I had no clue this was your first trad buck!

Congrats again, my friend!

Bisch