Antler restoration question

[Wylde E]

Hey guys I found a set or antlers and they are old and dried out and bleached out. How should I go about restoring the color back to the antlers?

[Bowtech38]

Cold coffee and tea work. Wood stain also

[Wylde E]

what kind of wood stain should be used?

[Wylde E]

Here is a picture of the antlers.

[pazthru]

Potassium Permagenate

[TP3]

Minwax special walnut

[cphlandman]

Potassium Permagenate

Listen to Pazthru^^^^

http://www.vandykestaxidermy.com/14-8722-02-P17816.aspx

[TyWebb]

Baseball glove oil works too, lanolin .... Turns them a cool looking gray color..

[clintb]

Minwax special walnut

This
Then rub dirt and sand on the horns afterwords. wipe clean

[GarGuy]

Shoe polish works too. Brown

[ckuehl]

Potassium Permagenate

I have done this twice and it came out great. ^^^^^

All of these work well, but find a small piece to test first. You are going to have a pretty wide range of stain here. Do you have another old antler you can test on? Are you looking for chocolate antlers or just a couple shades darker? I sounded like my wife with that question.

[Wylde E]

I just want a natural look is all, the color now is a whitish grey.

[NAVY CHIEF]

Minwax special walnut

this x2 use a dollar store paintbrush and lay them on newspaper when applying........worked well on the elk sheds i found last year..

[Wylde E]

Ok here they are finished just drying now.

[JGreen31]

What did you go with to finish them out?

Looks good,