Well it's better to be safe than sorry

My pics got deleted during the great online photo hosting reset, so they are now reloaded on my page 5 post: How to do a skull w/pics

I used a temp of 180 on my homemade "buck boiler" for several hours with a badger and fox skull. The bits and pieces are a little harder to get off vs. boiling but the teeth do not fall out nor did they crack - both issues if you boil. They came out nice.

Just purchased 1 gallon Baquacil oxidizer at local pool supply for $16.99, so the price is still reasonable. It can be reused and will keep for a while if stored properly. I think one could do a deer skull using only 1 gallon but it would require several steps unless you can figure out how to design a container that would submerge the entire thing using only 1 gallon.

I use a small steralite plastic container. I only fill it up to below the antler bases and then lay paper towel over the parts of the skull thats not submerged. Wet the paper towels down with a big syringe. Keeps from whitening the antler bases. I seldom use baqaucil at full strength. 50/50 does a good job for me.