width: 300px; } } font-weight: normal; { I instead opted for a low and slow cooking method, using myyou guessed ittrusty immersion circulator. float: left; font-size:1.2em; color: #999; background:none; how to clean mummified animal bones. margin: 0; width: 68px; If youre cleaning a bone that is large, like the skull of a large animal, use a scrub brush rather than a toothbrush to speed up the process. #popularbox img #Feed1 li Rinse thoroughly, let dry, and glue any escaped teeth back in. color: #777; font-size: 0.9em; margin-left:1em; position: fixed; small margin: 40px auto 20px ; height: 30px; } } But the smooth, bright, white material we think of doesnt ever happen naturally. } list-style:disc; } Depending on the condition of your bones, small teeth or other bits may fall off in the process. } { I've appeared on the BBC alongside such experts as Sir David Attenborough, Chris Packham, Nick Baker and Ben Garrod. } } height: 9px; list-style-position: inside; table img { color: #870f18; I tried to do with this otter (before the police caught me ! .blog-pager She only knew the village where I lived, so she had driven up from England and asked at my old primary school in my village, who phoned my home, and luckily my dad was in and invited her over. width: 48px; { } width: auto; margin: 0; Biological washing powder has enzymes in it that will break down any tissue left on the bones. padding: 5px 0px 0px 0px; } width: 96%; { font-size: 1.3em; padding-right: 0px; { } #sidebar h2, #authorbox img, margin:10px 0 0 10px; color: #ffffff; { Next, I soaked the skull in a vat of soapy waterDawn is your best choiceto degrease it and get it ready for bleaching. padding: 0px; { width: auto; This clever trick uses water to fill the negative space, so you wont need an excessive amount of H, to submerge your skull. break; Step-by-step instructions for cleaning a bare skeleton (free of soft tissue) for display. padding: 0; } After you've soaked the bones for 3 to 4 days, rinse them with clean water, then scrub them with an old brush and a warm water and hydrogen peroxide solution. The best way I have found is to add water again and thoroughly soak it for a few days. /* End Sidebar */ .footer_copy a background: #d2d1d0 url('https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-DSPE1JrAV38/UM-jZK_xj1I/AAAAAAAAGc0/rElW9F0Kx-w/s212/button_bg_curv.gif') bottom left no-repeat; text-decoration:none; margin: 80px 350px 0 0; {