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Post by eastartaxidermy on Aug 30, 2006 23:23:01 GMT -5
i've been doing taxidermy a long time and have never used hide paste on a squirrel or anything of similar size, just never saw the need....i know in a lot of books and some videos i have seen in the past, they used it. a fellow taxidermist friend of mine in a nearby town and i were talking about hide paste and he said he thought a squirrel mounted without hide paste wasn't done properly. my squirrels have been fine for years.... basically i was just curious as to whether or not any of you use hide paste on squirrels and small critters???
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andyb
Trophy Hunter
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Post by andyb on Aug 31, 2006 10:42:06 GMT -5
no i dp them and the leather drys on them fine, i think i might use a hide paste if i were to tan the hide due to the lack of shrinkage.
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Post by jwj4856 on Aug 31, 2006 13:43:02 GMT -5
I only use hide paste, caulking, if I ahve some type of pose that has some of the skin tucked in some way that it needs to stay tucked and the tucked part is visible, otherwise no paste.
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Post by circleh on Aug 31, 2006 14:36:30 GMT -5
nope don't use it on anything like that.
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Post by fesekula on Aug 31, 2006 18:29:55 GMT -5
I also never seen no need for hide paste with squirrel if you keep a close eye on it while it is drying. Now sometimes I will super glue to keep some areas from shifting. On a very thin squirrel there is not much shrinkage.
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Derek
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Post by Derek on Sept 1, 2006 17:13:22 GMT -5
I guess I'm alone here, I use hide paste on all mammals and fish, even on squirrels. although I must admit that at least part of the reason for it is the ease in which I can "taxi" the skin around a properly prepared mannikin.but i assume if your not using hide paste your also not altering or scratching the mannikins or perhaps I'm wrong since I don't use dp maybe you get enough stretch to slide the skin easier with it, just my 2 cents, Derek
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