Burying Heads

[Ross1980]

Yep - I painted it, didn’t have any hydrogen peroxide. To be honest it didn’t really need it, was hardly discoloured considering it had been buried in soil for 6 months.

 

[baguio]

Yep - I painted it, didn’t have any hydrogen peroxide. To be honest it didn’t really need it, was hardly discoloured considering it had been buried in soil for 6 months.

It was hardly discoloured? Are you saying that you haven’t painted it ‘brilliant white’ then?

 

[Ross1980]

It was hardly discoloured? Are you saying that you haven’t painted it ‘brilliant white’ then?

Thinking of glueing some little shiny crystals onto it next - maybe something like this…

 

[finbar]

Sometimes I wonder how I'm still alive.

Snap

 

[baguio]

Thinking of glueing some little shiny crystals onto it next - maybe something like this…
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You may as well. You have already ruined it.

 

[shakey jake]

You may as well. You have already ruined it.

you could try saying something positive once in a while?

 

[DavyG]

Thinking of glueing some little shiny crystals onto it next - maybe something like this…
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Do you have some left over from the time you decorated the stock of the 6.5 Creedmoor?
DG

 

[baguio]

you could try saying something positive once in a while?

Why? Look at his last few posts.

 

[shakey jake]

Why? Look at his last few posts.

i looked at yours, something about munty twins?

 

[baguio]

i looked at yours, something about munty twins?

Yep. And? I stand by it for good reason.

 

[shakey jake]

Yep. And? I stand by it for good reason.

so you have your opinion and he has his, you could still try saying something positive

 

[artschool]

i once lost a buried head to a fox or badger so be careful about that

 

[baguio]

so you have your opinion and he has his, you could still try saying something positive

Run along jake. There's an ignore button for good reason. Be my guest!

 

[Ross1980]

Do you have some left over from the time you decorated the stock of the 6.5 Creedmoor?
DG

How did you guess???

 

[shakey jake]

Run along jake. There's an ignore button for good reason. Be my guest!

thats a bit more positive

 

[Sol]

Quicker to macerate if your going that direction as expected long as common sense is used its really no more dangerous than cutting up a aged carcass there's been plenty of cases of blood poisoning from chopping up carcasses and slicing your finger.
Open the bucket and spill the contents into a safe spot, rinse well with water, tip contents back inside the bucket fill it back up with some water and tip some peroxide in.

Way safer to handle it 20-30 minutes after doing that.

Working with heads regardless you should be gloved up the mouth contains so much nasty bacteria that a any sort of old injury on your hands is bad news.

 

[Foxyboy43]

Macerate?

Stopped all that in 3rd Form……

 

[Namman]

BUT, the water is full of flesh eating bugs and is therefore very dangerous. Don't go anywhere near it without waterproof gloves on and be very careful with disposing of the water. Don't let your pets anywhere near it either! There's a well known taxidermist who ended up in hospital on a drip twice after being careless with it!

 

[Cyres]

Put mine in top of compost heap.
D

 

[Lakey]

Boil the head, pressure wash, then bleach in peroxide. Thats how the pro's do it. If you are worried about the smell in the house, a couple of peeled onions in the boiling water helps a lot. A small gas ring and bottle means that you can do it outside no bother. Burying a head will ruin it IMO, and loosen all the suture lines on the skull. The nasal bones are clearly missing on the OP's head , which also diminishes the finished job.