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Title: "Finished Beaver Skull"
Post by: mike g on January 06, 2007, 11:58:00 AM

OK Gang....
Heres some pictures of my first attemp at Finishing a Skull....
    (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/mykeyg/skull1002.jpg)
   (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/mykeyg/skull1003.jpg)
  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/mykeyg/skull1001.jpg)
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/mykeyg/skull1004.jpg)

Title: Re: "Finished Beaver Skull"
Post by: Dano on January 06, 2007, 12:04:00 PM

Looks great Mike, dang those teeth are big.   :bigsmyl:

Title: Re: "Finished Beaver Skull"
Post by: Tim Schoenborn on January 06, 2007, 12:07:00 PM

Looks great.......

Care to share your process?

Tim ;-)

Title: Re: "Finished Beaver Skull"
Post by: buckracks7 on January 06, 2007, 12:31:00 PM

Looks Good! I'm surprised you finished it so fast!

Title: Re: "Finished Beaver Skull"
Post by: 9 Mile Archer on January 06, 2007, 12:39:00 PM

Great job Mike, can you sew it on an armguard?  :bigsmyl:    :biglaugh:

Title: Re: "Finished Beaver Skull"
Post by: IB on January 06, 2007, 12:39:00 PM

Looks GREAT Mike  :thumbsup:  Good job

Now where ya going to display it  :biglaugh:

Title: Re: "Finished Beaver Skull"
Post by: Stone Knife on January 06, 2007, 12:54:00 PM

Mike,
That's a nice looking job, are you going to mount it on something or just let it set the way it is?

Title: Re: "Finished Beaver Skull"
Post by: mcgroundstalker on January 06, 2007, 12:58:00 PM

WOW!...That Looks Cool Mike!...Glad bunnies don't have choppers like that... :scared: ...

>>-----> mike <-----<<

Title: Re: "Finished Beaver Skull"
Post by: robtattoo on January 06, 2007, 01:25:00 PM

Very cool! It'd look great on a turntable plinth  :D

Title: Re: "Finished Beaver Skull"
Post by: mike g on January 06, 2007, 01:25:00 PM

Tim....
The process is quite simple ( I did it)
1) Skin out the skull and remove as much meat as you can.
2) Boil the head (Beaver skull soup) for a few Hrs.
3) Remove the Skull and pick it clean, Water hose with nosel works good....
4) Dump previous liquid (mother in law soup)
Buy a bottle of Peroxide 40-50 strength.
   Putt Skull back in can add Peroxide and water to just above Skull and leave it alone for a couple of hrs....
5) Remove and wash and check for tiny particles here and there....
6) You will have to glue back the bottom Jaw it will come apart, I used 5 Min epoxy....
   I also glued the Molars together to hold the Jaw to the Skull....Also with 5 Min Epoxy.

I havn't figure out how our where to mount it yet.
    For now I just set it there on a nice piece of fur....

Title: Re: "Finished Beaver Skull"
Post by: Tim Schoenborn on January 06, 2007, 02:39:00 PM

Thanks Mike..........

Nice job........

TIm ;-)

Title: Re: "Finished Beaver Skull"
Post by: ber643 on January 06, 2007, 04:59:00 PM

Mike, if you didn't, you might want to soak it in A&H Baking Soda water solution over night to stop any further peroxide action (which over time makes the surface sort of powdery feeling/looking). Then after it fully dries again, spray it with Krylon Acryllic Crystal Clear (2 or 3 light coats is better than a heavey coat - so it doesn't run - dries quickly). That'll bring out the "colors" (including white) and protect it well.  Looks great but I think you will be pleased if you do these two extra steps.

Title: Re: "Finished Beaver Skull"
Post by: String Tracker on January 06, 2007, 05:58:00 PM

Quote

Originally posted by mike g:

2) Boil the head (Beaver skull soup) for a few Hrs.

I hope for your sake you didnt use the wifes favorite pot for this.    :eek:

Title: Re: "Finished Beaver Skull"
Post by: Yellow Owl on January 07, 2007, 12:29:00 AM

Hey you did a great job!!! Looks very cool.

Title: Re: "Finished Beaver Skull"
Post by: Golden Hawk on January 07, 2007, 05:12:00 AM

Lookin good Mike!

Title: Re: "Finished Beaver Skull"
Post by: OconeeDan on January 07, 2007, 06:43:00 AM

Nice!
Did you have to pick out the brains after boiling, how hard was that.  Nasal cavities?

Title: Re: "Finished Beaver Skull"
Post by: fireman_3311 on January 07, 2007, 01:26:00 PM

Looks good...makes me want to get my traps out!!!!

Title: Re: "Finished Beaver Skull"
Post by: mike g on January 07, 2007, 08:37:00 PM

Dan....
Theres a good size hole where the vertabrae connected to the skull, once removed theres room to remove the Brains.

Title: Re: "Finished Beaver Skull"
Post by: OconeeDan on January 07, 2007, 09:13:00 PM

Thanks, Mike.  I'll have to try that sometime.  Outside.
Dan