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any way to darken antlers on an old deer #5397625 11/04/14 03:20 AM
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Left my sons deer outside from last year to rot then I was gonna clean it up and Euro it for him. Well the antlers turned almost white. Anything I can do to stain them back dark????


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Re: any way to darken antlers on an old deer [Re: Ronnie Oneal] #5397634 11/04/14 03:25 AM
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Re: any way to darken antlers on an old deer [Re: Ronnie Oneal] #5399014 11/05/14 01:50 AM
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Ive stained some before..they turned out great..min-wax..

Re: any way to darken antlers on an old deer [Re: Ronnie Oneal] #5400794 11/05/14 07:46 PM
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I have used stain for the same reason. Turned out good. You can get antler stain from the taxidermy suppliers too.

Re: any way to darken antlers on an old deer [Re: Ronnie Oneal] #5401032 11/05/14 09:45 PM
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Re: any way to darken antlers on an old deer [Re: Ronnie Oneal] #5812809 07/01/15 11:40 AM
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Best thing is potassium permanganate. As a knifemaker, Ive used it for many years. Dont be fooled when you mix it though, it goes on purple but dries to a nice brown color.


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Originally Posted By: WendlingKnives
Best thing is potassium permanganate. As a knifemaker, Ive used it for many years. Dont be fooled when you mix it though, it goes on purple but dries to a nice brown color.


I didn't think many knew about PP. I have used it for sometime now. Good stuff.


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Re: any way to darken antlers on an old deer [Re: Ronnie Oneal] #5814834 07/02/15 04:38 PM
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Here one I did with stain, looked pretty good after both sides were done


Re: any way to darken antlers on an old deer [Re: Ronnie Oneal] #5820663 07/07/15 02:41 AM
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What shade of stain did u use?

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Very small dabs of dark walnut around the bases, then early American over the dark walnut and on the tines. I used steel wool to polish out the tine tips a bit once it was dry.

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Awesome thanks, any suggestion on elk antlers? I found an old skull of a young 5x4 I was just gonna use some dark stain but didn't wanna screw it up and ruin it.

Re: any way to darken antlers on an old deer [Re: Bulldog4949] #5822368 07/08/15 03:44 AM
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Best thing is potassium permanganate. As a knifemaker, Ive used it for many years. Dont be fooled when you mix it though, it goes on purple but dries to a nice brown color.


I didn't think many knew about PP. I have used it for sometime now. Good stuff.

I used about 6-7 yrs ago now on some sheds with limited results.


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