My taxidermist has gone out of business and now I have 6 skulls that were boiled clean in Africa but still need bleaching. In reading prior posts, I see that it is recommended to bleach the skulls right after boiling. Obviously, this can not be done.

Does anyone have any suggestions how to "whiten" these skulls. They have areas of yellow or are a little bit discolored from the smoke of the fire used to boil them.

The horns have been pulled and cleaned. What would I use to glue the horns unto the bone base?

Thanks.

Ron L

Wrap the skull(absolutely not the horns though) in a cloth soaked in hydrogen peroxide (the industrial strength stuff from a hair dresser) for a few hours & leave it in the sunlight.
i personally wouldn't glue the horns back on, I would just put them back over the horn caps.
Mike

I went through the same situation with my skulls last year and this is what I was told to do and the results were great. All skulls came out white with no oil spots (my warthog and zebra has dark spots on their skulls, like oil).

Soak skulls in white gas for 2 days, rinse and let dry in the sun.

Next soak skulls in 40% peroxide (mentioned above, it is available at hair salons).

Rinse and let dry in sun.

Skulls should be very white.

I then sealed my skulls in Krylon clear acrylic (I used a satin finish).

I used bondo to attach the horns to their skulls.

-Robert