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<blockquote data-quote="shorthairman" data-source="post: 240178" data-attributes="member: 6223">I dabble in some taxidermy work and Maceration is the best way to clean any type of skull.&nbsp; Done correctly you get museum piece quality from it...thus why museums that display bones/skeletons use this method.&nbsp; Go to taxidermy.net and you will find all kinds of tips and ideas for maceration.&nbsp; Also you should be able to find someone on there that will respond to PM's to help you.&nbsp; I have never tried this method for the same reasons you stated...need a place to do it during the winter as the stink is enough to gag even the best plumber.The problem with boiling/simmering skulls is that the temperature gets high enough that it starts to eat away and break down the bones, also, instead of drawing oils out of the skull, boiling can and often does actually set the oils in the bones only to &quot;leak&quot; back out over time. So a boiled skull may look great for awhile, but after a few months or up to a couple years, those oils may become evident. If you are trying to start a business of european mounts then I would try to figure out how to get maceration to work. Just my .02...good luck.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shorthairman, post: 240178, member: 6223"] I dabble in some taxidermy work and Maceration is the best way to clean any type of skull. Done correctly you get museum piece quality from it...thus why museums that display bones/skeletons use this method. Go to taxidermy.net and you will find all kinds of tips and ideas for maceration. Also you should be able to find someone on there that will respond to PM's to help you. I have never tried this method for the same reasons you stated...need a place to do it during the winter as the stink is enough to gag even the best plumber. The problem with boiling/simmering skulls is that the temperature gets high enough that it starts to eat away and break down the bones, also, instead of drawing oils out of the skull, boiling can and often does actually set the oils in the bones only to "leak" back out over time. So a boiled skull may look great for awhile, but after a few months or up to a couple years, those oils may become evident. If you are trying to start a business of european mounts then I would try to figure out how to get maceration to work. Just my .02...good luck. [/QUOTE]

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