I have cleaned many wingbones over the years. I have always boiled them in water with a little Dawn detergent to remove the grease from the bones. I then soaked them in a mild peroxide solution overnight to whiten them before assembling the call. I have since really started to like the more ivory look that comes from not removing all the grease and not bleaching. Is there any way I might could get that look back after turning them white? Thanks. Larry
Time. I bleached mine too and was missing the ivory look; lo and behold just time and use got em looking patina'd again!!!
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If you boil them with a little arm and hammer laundry powder I think you will be happy. Just don't use the peroxide or bleach.
Not sure what color your going for but I did one with tea bags and a lil cinnamon one time. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180629/8014feda2374281e732b1f3bc74c08e8.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180629/85904575588e7608e9a9268d76734010.jpg)
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Thanks for the replies. I did something different, by accident, with the bones I got this year during season. I removed the bones from the wings, put them in a plastic bag and put them in the fridge for two days because I needed to get on to work one morning after I a got a bird. Well I cut the ends off, washed out the marrow and boiled them with Dawn for about ten minutes. I put them on a paper towel to dry overnight. When I looked at them, before putting them in peroxide, I loved the look I had gotten. There was still a little oil residue in the bends that showed through, and instead of being all the same color, now it had different shades of white, cream color and beige. I feel this happened as some of the fat was given time to soak into the bones. I really like the look, instead of just solid white, and was wondering if anyone knew how to restore that back after I had turned mine white. It's the way I will do mine from now on. Now I know most people like the white bones, but I just like this look. I guess I will experiment with this, and if I come up with something that works, I will share it with y'all, but if someone already knows how,I would love to know. Thanks, Larry
If you're happy that's all that matters. I myself like to get all the grease out of the bones. Then I soak in coffee. I don't like anything white swinging around my neck. Looks too much like Ole cue ball.
I clean and peroxide mine and have a stain that dries in a few minutes the more you use it gets dark. If people want one a that way.
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