Euro Mount - How To

[MuleyMadness]

Check out the How To section of the site, just finished up the Euro Mount one...

http://www.muleymadness.com/how-to/euro ... t-3-steps/

Anyone tried this themselves?

Also the Home Brew Trail Cam one a few days ago also.

Brett

[sawsman]

Nice write up Brett, thanks for posting that. I've done the procedure with some slight variations.. I used sal-soda instead of baking soda. Sal-soda or "washing soda" is different than baking soda. Something to do with bi-carbonates. Chemicaly it's a little different and preffered by most taxidermists.

Also, you make a good point about the degreasing step. That is probably THE most important step of all. I actually degreased my skulls for several weeks. I used a rubbermaid tub with dish detergent (not colored) and a small aquarium heater to keep the water around 90 degrees. I changed the soap/water mixture every few days for that several week period. Grease takes time to get out of the bone completlely and the added wait is sure worth it, IMHO.

Here's a couple I have done.. The top skull had less degreasing time than the bottom one. If you look closely, you can see the difference.

[NotEnufTags]

Nice write up Brett.

I've done trial and error on three. I think I've got better each time.

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[MuleyMadness]

Sawsman,

Excellent tips, thanks. Was not aware of the Sal-soda, but that's a great tip. Clearly what both of you did works great because they
look really good IMO.

If anyone else has tips on this please share.

[NotEnufTags]

On the elk I ordered a kit from Tru-fitt taxidermy supply in Salt Lake city. I think it was in the $14-$19 dollar range. It came with the 40% peroxide and cal-mag for the whitening paste. The elk took some extra work as there are deeper nooks and crannies to get vein tissue out of. For a simmering pot I cut the bootom 10" off of a metal drum and put it on the camp cheif. It worked great. I echo the comments about the most important part of the process being the degreasing. You'll get a much better finished product if you don't skimp on the degreasing step.

[sawsman]

Another great degreasing agent is acetone. Be careful if and where you use it though, as it is highly flamable.