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Post by LongSpur39 on Feb 4, 2010 2:58:30 GMT -5
What are some of the products you folks use to touch up or clean your mounts. Both fish and deer,turkeys,etc.?
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Post by Kt29 on Feb 4, 2010 16:07:26 GMT -5
I mostly use a vacuum cleaner attachment to control the dust on the hair of the mounts and one of those dusting thingies to dust everything else.
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Post by Ghost on Feb 4, 2010 23:37:35 GMT -5
A damp cloth (with water) and a dry cloth diaper. I use this on all of my mounts including my fish. I also keep an eye on any wood that might be with the mount due to little critters that could get into or around it. I have also been know to spray a pesticide on the woods that back the shoulder mounts of a deer or the drift wood of a fish mount. But I am very careful when doing this so that I do not get any on the mount and risk damaging the taxidermist work. But it is good idea to pay attention to these woods. Think about it. A piece of drift wood probably has been in a shed or garage for some time before your mount is attached to it. Who knows what little cretures have taken up residence in that wood. Some of these creatures, so I have been told by taxidermist, can eat away at the wood and into the mount and thus damaging the art work. Just something to keep in mind so that you can protect and keep your trophy looking as good as it looked when you first got it for many years to come.
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Post by grizz1 on Feb 5, 2010 16:00:03 GMT -5
My deer are all hanging high on my wall,about 12 feet to be exact , not easy to clean every few days. When Spring time arrives they can have a lot of dust on them, in this case I will use a soft brush attachment on a vaccume sweeper going with the hair. Then I take a soft white cloth, lightly spray it with alcohol or water and wipe the mount down,sometimes use Pledge furniture polish but don't spray it directly on the mount and I don't use it very often. On the eyes, a Q tip soaked in Windex works well. For my fish I've just been using water, a small soft makeup brush and soft cloth to clean them.
For turkey the best thing (no joke) is a feather duster and use it often. Honestly, my opinion only,strutting turkey are much harder to keep looking good than a slicked down pose. On my flying mount I can use a feather duster and get about all dust off of him without pushing it further into the feathers. Strutting turkey mounts are great dust collectors so if you have one I would hang it upside down while dusting the back feathers. I carefully clean the head with water on a cloth or makeup brush and canned air is handy to blow dust away from the head. DON't use any solvents on the head as you could ruin the paint job which will probably be a laquer base paint. As stated by Ghost watch for insects. Turkey can be destroyed by insects very quickly. Watch for fine dust,(looks like dandruff) under the mount. If you see this it probably already has larvae inside the mount that will have to be killed. If a turkey mount is not de-meated properly, plenty of borax applied, dried carefully he will attract insects like a moth to a light bulb so especially keep a close eye on all new mounts. Many chemicals are off limits now days ( probably known in California to cause harm) that were used in tanning, preserving, ect,that would keep insects away, milder solutions are now being used. My oldest mount, a deer head, was mounted in 1970 and is still holding up. The methods used to mount it are considered ancient now so animal mounts of today should last way past our lifetimes if taken care of.
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Post by LongSpur39 on Feb 8, 2010 3:32:21 GMT -5
A damp cloth (with water) and a dry cloth diaper. I use this on all of my mounts including my fish. I also keep an eye on any wood that might be with the mount due to little critters that could get into or around it. I have also been know to spray a pesticide on the woods that back the shoulder mounts of a deer or the drift wood of a fish mount. But I am very careful when doing this so that I do not get any on the mount and risk damaging the taxidermist work. But it is good idea to pay attention to these woods. Think about it. A piece of drift wood probably has been in a shed or garage for some time before your mount is attached to it. Who knows what little cretures have taken up residence in that wood. Some of these creatures, so I have been told by taxidermist, can eat away at the wood and into the mount and thus damaging the art work. Just something to keep in mind so that you can protect and keep your trophy looking as good as it looked when you first got it for many years to come. Good tips! I know all about little critters in the driftwood.
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