How to Stain Deer Antlers - The 3 Best Ways! Learn how to stain those colorless antlers. These are the 3 best ways to bring color to those deer antlers. In this video I will cover my method and materials used of coloring washed out and faded deer antler.
I also show how to add texture toan antler where a bro. The main thing to remember is to prime the area first with a white primer. Then, using an artist brush apply the antler paint to the area.
The Raw Umber color will work on most antlers but to get an exact match you may add the Clay Red, Golden Camel or Black. Just keep applying the paints by brushing on and wiping off until you get a perfect match. I feel your pain.
I have had the same problem also but through trial and error, have found a simple, effective solution get some wood stain that best depicts the original color of the deers horns. Deer have different colored racks so look for the stain that best suits you (dark walnut, light walnut, pecan, whatever). Got an old set of horns here I let hang on the woodshed too many years, they got faded.
What can I do to restore the natural color? It matters to me because this is my first buck shot in 1978. In case you're wondering this is a very nice 3X4 Coastal Blacktail. In this final video in the Whitetail Deer Antler Series, the author demonstrates how to restore the color to their reproductions of whitetail deer antlers.
Minwax wood stain works I use Minwax wood stain on my antler handles for knives it works awesome. Different colors light and dark. You can reall match up color with this stuff.
Use rubber gloves and a little bit goes along way. Good Luck. The color of the stain can vary according to your personal preference.
Wipe the antlers clean with a damp cloth and dry them with another cloth. Brush white primer onto the antlers with an artist's brush to prepare the surface for stain. Allow the primer to dry for 24 hours in a well.
Coloring Antlers Unread postby Mountain Man Wed Feb 17, 2010 8:14 pm There are a lot of ways to color antlers but here are two cheap, simple, and effective methods that should work on any rack or shed antler (whitetail, mule deer, moose, caribou) and give good results. Method 1. Horns are hollow and are permanent, not so good for things like that - cows, sheep goats.
Antlers are solid and the animal sheds them periodically - deer, elk, moose, bear.