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Post by astronankin on Sept 17, 2023 17:07:52 GMT -5
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Sept 17, 2023 17:43:16 GMT -5
That’s a new one for me. Never heard of using tea before.
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Post by scrub-buster on Sept 17, 2023 18:15:01 GMT -5
In the skull groups I'm in most of the professionals use potassium permanganate to dye antlers. You use more coats on the bases where it's normally darker.
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Post by HuntMeister on Sept 17, 2023 19:51:14 GMT -5
another vote for the potassium permanganate but educate yourself on the use of it and proper handling, it can be toxic. Some folks use wood stains as well with great results.
Look up taxidermy.net and do a search there for staining antlers.
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Post by astronankin on Sept 17, 2023 20:04:52 GMT -5
Probably not the permanganate. I've heard of it before, and I don't think I have any on hand. I did a search tonight and tea did come up in a couple places, including taxidermy.net I think. Mostly I want to try tea because we have it in our pantry, so I don't have to waste time looking hard for something that I don't know where it's kept or what it looks like. Wood stain came up too. That's another good option for me, I think we have some somewhere. I don't have any income, so would much rather save my money and just use something I know we have.
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Post by astronankin on Sept 17, 2023 20:06:23 GMT -5
I thought tea for this particular deer because I watched a video that used coffee, which was way too dark for this deer. And not using walnuts, I've dyed cloth with them before and my dad works with them so I know how dark the dye is.
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Post by astronankin on Sept 22, 2023 14:51:08 GMT -5
I ended up staining him with walnut colored wood stain. Just finished. Only needed about two coats. Very close to the original color. Not much done around the bases because his were only slightly darker than the rest of the antlers.   |
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Post by HuntMeister on Sept 22, 2023 18:31:59 GMT -5
Look great!
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Post by astronankin on Sept 23, 2023 8:38:03 GMT -5
Thanks! My first time coloring antlers. I've done one other Euro, about 8 years ago. Now I might recolor my brother's deer skull, but with coffee since that deer had grey antlers. |
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Post by budd on Sept 24, 2023 9:33:09 GMT -5
I've used chaga chunks to darken antlers. Just scrub it on. Here is one I done 6-7 years ago.  |
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Post by astronankin on Sept 24, 2023 11:45:41 GMT -5
I've used chaga chunks to darken antlers. Just scrub it on. Here is one I done 6-7 years ago. Wow, looks very natural! What are Chaga chunks? I'm thinking about doing my brother's 2021 deer as well and his antlers were gray. Probably a little more gray than yours. |
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Post by budd on Sept 24, 2023 12:19:06 GMT -5
Chaga grows on birch trees. My family drinks it as tea.
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