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Post by riverrat on Oct 29, 2007 11:47:09 GMT -5
How well do you complete backsides of fish for a wall hanger commercial fish?
Questions have been coming in slowly but surely, keep them coming, we will use everyone.
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Post by jwj4856 on Oct 30, 2007 13:03:19 GMT -5
On a wall mount fish I usually fill in the sean pretty well with apoxy clay and reshape soem of the scales near the tell since it curves out then paint the back with slightly less detail than the front, and I also install eyes in backside also. On a 360 degree mount the seam is completely finished and the front and back are painted with the same degree of detail.
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Post by snapper on Oct 30, 2007 21:36:42 GMT -5
pretty much the same answer as jwj but I some times I use bondo to fill the seam
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Post by jwj4856 on Oct 30, 2007 22:12:40 GMT -5
Snapper, The type of epoxy I use is EPO Seam and Repair Putty, it is a lot more workable than bondo so the scales can be reshaped a lot easier, it will spread a lot thinner and you can wet your hand with water and smooth it out real well, you should gibve it a try, its much better than using bondo. Wasco has it i know and probably most other suppliers also.
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Derek
Forkhorn
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Post by Derek on Nov 6, 2007 9:22:50 GMT -5
I like the epo grip seam and repair putty as well jw. Only difference is on the back side I get kinda cheesy and just use a mac z scaler, it look pretty harsh and fake but if you smooth over it with a brush it takes away some of the harshness, and it is a one sided mount anyway. I too use eyes in both sides and paint both sides as well, I use the back side for practicing my color blending
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Post by fishhead on Feb 3, 2008 21:47:27 GMT -5
Just going through the questions since I am new on here.
And this I cover the seam with felt. I do not think it necessary to do a lot of work on the back side where nobody is looking at.
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mrs
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Post by mrs on Feb 4, 2008 7:54:24 GMT -5
I've tried a whole menu of materials and have settled on paper towel strips cut wide enough to cover the seam and saturated with modge podge. It's cheap, fast, and never cracks.
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Post by Todd B on Feb 6, 2008 11:21:43 GMT -5
I try not to have a large seam. I do my best to get the skin to skin. That way you need very little material to smooth the seam. I do not do much as far as painting the wall side.
Todd B
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Post by cecil on Feb 6, 2008 23:10:07 GMT -5
I've tried a whole menu of materials and have settled on paper towel strips cut wide enough to cover the seam and saturated with modge podge. It's cheap, fast, and never cracks. Great minds thing alike Mrs.! I too use a strip of paper towel which I glue on the same time I coat my fins with Sobo glue. It slightly overlaps the seam. I use two eyes and I paint the back side also.The paper towel strip is usually painted dark green but I have been know to paint I brown on a walleye that is notably brown. I personally don't like felt as it sticks out like a sore thumb and looks gaudy, but that's my opinion. However I don't believe one should get to carried away with the back side of a fish. If everything else is done well the back side should get no more than a glance from your customer. For those of you that think the paper towel sounds chincy it actually blends in quite well and if the plain white paper towel strip is textured that's even better.
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