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Longbeard Exterminator
I do a fair amount of them and a bunch of deer heads. I macerate everything. Maceration is placing that skull in a tub of water and letting the bacteria do its thing. When i do gators I will remove as much flesh as possible and separate the top and bottom jaw. Then zip tip all around the bottom jaw and around the top jaw. Again zip tie it good or you will have a puzzle to deal with. Next I place the zipped tied jaws with the teeth sticking up so they wont fall out. With maceration the teeth will fall out, and the jaws will separate hence the zip ties. I have tanks built for this and keep my water temp at 90 degrees for the cleaning process, but just stick it in a good covered tub and let the heat of the day work on it. Gators are a special kind of STINK just awful. After a few days you can start to remove the teeth. Place these on some cardboard and lay them out as you pull them so you know right where they go once the head is clean. So once the head is clean gently remove both top and bottom jaws from stink tub. Rinse off and place into fresh water with dawn and ammonia. I heat this mixture to 120 deg for degreasing. Swap water out every few days until water is clear and gator skull should be degreased. At this point every thing is clean and nothing stinks. Then you can whiten the skull however you like. I use a strong Peroxide and soak for 24 hours then dry it in the sunlight. Then glue all the bones and teeth back in and your done. You can also spray a clear coat on after finished if you'd like.
They are a pain to do and several ways to do them.
This sounds like a process that I’m fine paying someone else $200 to endure. I’ve been saving money on pants
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