[Paul Jones]

Hello-
I'm new to this forum, but have been lurking as Janel says, for a long time.
I've recently had some Elk antler given to me. I've sanded it and it seems to have stains deep into the hard part that I would like to get rid of to produce a nice ivory or white color. Is there a way to get rid of it? I've read some Maori bone carving websites that advocate bleaching but give no recipes/procedures for doing this. Plus they are using bone. I'm not sure that this is relevant to antler.
Thanks in advance for any help.

[spolunin]

Hi, Paul!
I had negative experience of bleaching of a antler of an elk - a chloric solution - it was, of course, bleached, but the antler became very porous and work has been spoilt ;(.
May be hydrogen peroxide?

[DanM]

I have had some success with Denture cleaning tablets,those with whitening agents can remove some blood stains.A weak solution of household bleach can remove the stains also without damaging the antler.