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Tutorial cleaning bones PART 4

SEALING BONES

There are a few ways to do this.

Paraloid B72

As bought here.  That $26 goes a very very long way so if you plan on sealing a lot of bones or other organics it is well worth the money.

Paraloid is resin-like little nuggets.  Soak half a handful in a glass jar of acetone until the chips or nuggets have thoroughly been "melted".  The nuggets to acetone ratio depends on how thick or thin you want the solution to be.

You will need a hair painting brush you don't care about; it can't be a cheap plastic brush, the acetone will melt it too.  Also, some alumminum foil and make a l

Tutorial cleaning bones PART 3

Ok, here is STEP 3 which deals with whitening. If your bones or skulls still have dark spots on them see STEP 2 again or read on.

If your bones or skulls still have dark spots in/on them this is grease. Sometimes a soak of whitening and then returning to STEP 2 will help loosen the grease so you can try step 2 again now or do a short version of step 3 to shock the grease and then return to step 2 (step 3 will need to be revisited).

Some people refer to whitening as "bleaching" but bleach has nothing to do with the process! What you need to use is Hydrogen Peroxide. A 24hour soak in the stuff should be enough to whiten your bones. Vario

Tutorial cleaning bones PART 2

Ok, here is STEP 2 which deals with degreasing. If your bones or skulls still have meat on them see STEP 1 again.

STEP 2: getting the bones free of grease

Choices: Dawn, acetone, ammonia...

NOTE ON BLEACH: it is really NOT a choice here. I made this mistake once and I can tell you from experience it de-calcifies bone and makes them start to flake and become soft and mushy.

And the grease? It is STILL THERE.

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DAWN with "bleach alternative"-

The bleach alternative in this dish soap is actually just a whitening agent much like peroxide, it is not actually bleach.

You need warm or hot water. Ideally you want it between 95 and

Tutorial cleaning bones PART 1

So you have a raw skull or bone.  This means the bone or skull still has flesh/meat on it.  There are several ways to get it clean.  Some of which I may forget to mention even.

STEP 1: getting the bones free of flesh

Choices: water, bugs, range cleaning, and sweating

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MACERATION or SIMMERING-

Macerating means soaking them in water.  Put the raw bones in warm water, you can use the summer sun, a heat lamp, a fish tank heater, etc. to keep the water warm.  Change half the water every 3 to 5 days until no more flesh and meat is attached.  I've

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Galaxy Nails Tutorialby *lngbl

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A quick-and-dirty tutorial on how to create that nebula look!
(PRO TIP: I suggest viewing some of the Hubble photographs for inspiration!)

Please full view the tutorial (reading text is a good thing!)

The nails themselves can be found HERE.

~AlyGoesMoo Nov 12, 2011

Omg.. MUST DO THIS!! I am definately gonna do these, I just hope I have enough money for all those different nail polishes!

Maybe I'll just have to make a few variations with the colours

Thanks so much for this great tut!

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~LadySugar13 Aug 29, 2011

Really good!

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~Luzucizy Aug 28, 2011 Student

wow!!

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~JordanokiDoki Sep 15, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

You have to try these!! AND TAKE A PHOTO OF THEM!!

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