Bleaching a cow horn

[HistoryBuff]

Can bleach be used to whiten a cow horn? I have some decent horns but they aren't white from end-to-end.

HistoryBuff

 

[George F.]

I'm sorry, I read through my books on powder horns, and can't find any information in either direction as whether bleach can be used to whiten a horn. Staining, yes that was covered, but not bleaching. I have this real nice color photographed instuction book Titled...REACREATING THE 18TH CENTURY POWDER HORN by Scott and Cathy Sibley. Track of the Wolf published it. I'm not positive but I think that they have an association with them, friends or something. Maybe someone there can help you.
Sorry, I tried.......George F.

 

[Birdman]

Buff I have never heard of anyone bleaching a horn except to cleanout the interior of a raw horn, usually they work around the color already in the horn. The only thing I have read is that heat n pressure where used to pull most of the color out of sheets of horn to be used in lanterns, of course that doesn't help ya any, sorry YMHS Birdman