Cleaning, degreasing, and whitening a fox skull at home

The first chapter of my taxidermy series!
In this video I introduce different methods of cleaning skulls (Dermestid beetles, maceration, burying) and demonstrate the boiling method. We also degrease the skull using Dawn dish soap and whiten the skull with hydrogen peroxide. Lastly, we glue the teeth and lower jaw back together.
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[@anjunell]

The skull I found was pretty white it was out in the sun probably for a long while so I thought it wouldn't stink but yeah and since it's my first I just cleaned up with an old brush and a bathroom cleaner of some kind I never knew it was such a process to get a clean skull like that. Thank you so much for warning about boiling it in a different pot cuz I was considering it since my mom is used to boil some cow bones with meat on them to make soup and stuff, the bones that came out would look like small vases and would never smell, could be cuz they aren't skull bones but I was tempted. Mine is definitely not a cow I'll be refraining.

[@jonahwhale9047]

Acetone's really not so bad to work with or get rid off. It's such a useful cleaner. Leave the lid off and it will just disappear in a few hours. You've got to choose your plastics to work with carefully however, as it will melt the wrong types, or just use stainless steel containers. Thanks for the video and keeping it calm, and real.

[@ianstevens2446]

I'd like to see how you handle something small and fiddly. A raven skull would be interesting to see prepped and mounted.

[@jonahwhale9047]

Is this a professional interest in taxidermy, or some weird finger fetish thing? The rest of us are here for the bones, and rotting brain matter.