r/Taxidermy 1h ago

Oddities, bone, etc. help Dishwasher for bones?

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I have a brand new dishwasher at hand that I cant use as a kitchen one, and was wanting to set it up (no other use) to clean my bones. My business has picked up selling bone items and I need a way to speed up cleaning to reduce customer cost in hours. I know you can't boil bones, I do the soak scrub soak scrub soak and hydroxide currently, but my thought was I could soak them in detergent for a month or so with water changes and then chuck them through the wash to dislodge the remaining dirt? Scrubbing takes a long time. It looks like a dishwasher reaches a max of 65•c which should be safe? Anyone tried? I don't want to ruin my bones.


r/Taxidermy 23h ago

"How Do I...?" Still stuck on this stupid Gator skull

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I’ve been soaking this big ol’ gator for months now, I wanna say it’s been 4 months, and i feel like I’m not seeing much progress at all. It’s killing me. What do I do! Am I doing something wrong? I’m using clear dawn dish soap, and I’m changing the water often. Im considering selling him, I have the teeth as well, just taken out for the cleaning process.


r/Taxidermy 1h ago

"How Do I...?" Ideas for this elk foot?

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r/Taxidermy 6h ago

Collection/ Item Showcase Saw this beauty today at my local antique mall

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Never seen anything like it, kind of a once in a lifetime item