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James W B
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I am doing a repair job and I need to match a bleached bone saddle with a bleached bone nut.All I have in the shop is un-bleached.So what is the proper procedure for bleaching,and is it worth the effort,or should I just order some bleached saddles.
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http://www.bearmeadow.com/build/materia ... clean.html

This is some pretty detailed info on working with bone. Cant remember where I got the link, may have been here. Hope it helps.

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I wish I had asked that question before I ruined a dozen bone nuts by soaking them in bleach!
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I did this with some cowbone and giraffe bone, that article calls for white gas or coleman fuel. Basically all you are doing is leaching the oils out of the bone. I want to say I used lacquer thinner on mine. It's amazing how much you forget as years pass. Maybe my brain leaks. ;)

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