Welcome guest, is this your first visit? Create Account now to join.
  • Login:

Welcome to the NZ Hunting and Shooting Forums.

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.

Terminator DPT


User Tag List

+ Reply to Thread
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 16
Like Tree18Likes

Thread: cleaning up an old set of antlers - staining

  1. #1
    Gold member Pointer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    BOP
    Posts
    3,989

    cleaning up an old set of antlers - staining

    I have an old head I'd like to clean up soon, the antlers have lost their color due to age and probably light. What can I use go stain it back to the nice dark color it was?

  2. #2
    Gone But Not Forgotten Toby's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    Wouldn't you like to know
    Posts
    11,099
    I heard tea bags and canola oil. Not sure if works never tried it
    VIVA LA HOWA

  3. #3
    Bah, humbug ! Frogfeatures's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2013
    Location
    Auckland, until I can escape south....to Southland.
    Posts
    1,639
    Condys crystals, available from your chemist
    Blaser, Pointer, JoshC and 1 others like this.
    He nui to ngaromanga, he iti to putanga.

    You depart with mighty boasts, but you come back having done little.
    Sounds like a typical hunting trip !

  4. #4
    Gold member Pointer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    BOP
    Posts
    3,989
    Thanks frog features, do I make up a solution and wipe it in? Will it need sanding after to bring back the white Bits?



    Toby I'm trying to stain it, not fry it
    Toby likes this.

  5. #5
    Member Marty Henry's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2014
    Location
    Tararua
    Posts
    6,632
    Brown boot polish followed by black for the highlights works a treat
    EeeBees likes this.

  6. #6
    Member JoshC's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Location
    Southland/Otago
    Posts
    3,718
    Was going to rewrite this info, but couldn't be bothered. Don't waste your time with wood stains etc. Get yaself some Condy's Crystals (potassium permanganate) and do it this way;

    FishnHunt - New Zealands Famous Hunting and Fishing Forum Since 1995 - Colouring antler
    Blaser, Pointer, Toby and 3 others like this.
    I'm drawn to the mountains and the bush, it's where life is clear, where the world makes the most sense.

  7. #7
    Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2012
    Location
    helensville nz
    Posts
    4,365
    madness is the man heres a head he done for me that method of his works a treat but you have to be willing to spend lots of time doing the tips etc

    Name:  317199_1483903235644_1775783844_719150_2229421_n.jpg
Views: 1660
Size:  108.4 KB
    beforeName:  270562_256150964399258_100000130701775_1189169_3637445_n.jpg
Views: 2029
Size:  57.8 KBafter
    Pointer likes this.

  8. #8
    Gold member Pointer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    BOP
    Posts
    3,989
    Great info thanks!

  9. #9
    Sending it Gibo's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2013
    Location
    The Hill
    Posts
    23,164
    You sprucing up old mate?

  10. #10
    Gold member Pointer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    BOP
    Posts
    3,989
    Nah got a roe deer head here I'd like to tidy up for the gun room
    Gibo likes this.

  11. #11
    Member EeeBees's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    past the gum trees on your left
    Posts
    5,046
    What @Marty Henry wrote...the nugget works well...
    ...amitie, respect mutuel et amour...

    ...le beau et le bon, cela rime avec Breton!...

  12. #12
    Gone but not forgotten Gapped axe's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    Lake Tarawera
    Posts
    4,044
    wow. I've got a old 10pt sitting on top of the Kennel along with others that need bring back to colour. I'm going to make a copper head for it as a art piece. Not a big 10 but a smaller one and even. There's an Art shop I visited in Accacia Bay in the weekend and they are keen for my work, so I'm just starting my Art again with this piece, will post when finished.
    Gibo, Frogfeatures and timattalon like this.
    "ars longa, vita brevis"

  13. #13
    Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2016
    Location
    Gisborne Rural
    Posts
    3,252
    @Gapped axe i had a effort trying to find Condys crystals locally but found them on TM at a good price.
    Gapped axe likes this.

  14. #14
    Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2015
    Location
    christchurch
    Posts
    17,093
    chemists dont stock condys anymore. or dry cleaning fluid either. or iodine crystals......

  15. #15
    Member Marty Henry's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2014
    Location
    Tararua
    Posts
    6,632
    Mitre 10 sell condies (pot permanganate)in the garden section its a soil sterilizer. Also pot nitrate (stump rotter), sulfur flour (fungicide) and charcoal (for bbqs), if your interested.

 

 

Similar Threads

  1. Antlers and Horns
    By Dundee in forum Taxidermy
    Replies: 9
    Last Post: 12-04-2014, 09:21 PM
  2. Anyone Know how to stain antlers???
    By 6.5x55 Mad in forum Resource Library
    Replies: 17
    Last Post: 14-04-2013, 09:34 PM
  3. What to do with antlers in velvet??
    By SiB in forum Hunting
    Replies: 7
    Last Post: 08-03-2013, 04:38 PM

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
Welcome to NZ Hunting and Shooting Forums! We see you're new here, or arn't logged in. Create an account, and Login for full access including our FREE BUY and SELL section Register NOW!!