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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 867827" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Be careful with the bleaching, it will cause the bone to break down and get powdery.</p><p></p><p>What I used to do when preparing specimens for our biology department collection was to boil the skull for ten minutes in a 50/50 water/pinesol solution, then rinse well and let it soak in just plain tap water for a few days to leech out the rest of the pine sol.</p><p></p><p>Once finished with that and having it completely clean boil up a saturated salt solution using sea salt or rock salt, cut the heat, set the skull in it and let it just sit there for 24 hours.</p><p></p><p>Once finished with that it'll be the prettiest, cleanest, brightest white skull you can imagine and will last literally for centuries because the salt will prevent any bacterial activity.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 867827, member: 30902"] Be careful with the bleaching, it will cause the bone to break down and get powdery. What I used to do when preparing specimens for our biology department collection was to boil the skull for ten minutes in a 50/50 water/pinesol solution, then rinse well and let it soak in just plain tap water for a few days to leech out the rest of the pine sol. Once finished with that and having it completely clean boil up a saturated salt solution using sea salt or rock salt, cut the heat, set the skull in it and let it just sit there for 24 hours. Once finished with that it'll be the prettiest, cleanest, brightest white skull you can imagine and will last literally for centuries because the salt will prevent any bacterial activity. [/QUOTE]
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