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theguyyouknowtaxidermy Daniel Elkins
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« on: January 27, 2012, 01:50:08 PM »
I need a little help in regards to epoxy sculp, my last deer's bottom lip pulled and now I have a 1/8 inche gap where you can see foam. From my understaning of epoxy sculp is that i can apply it to the lip; and sculp to the look i want, and paint it?HuhHuhHuh? Will this work
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« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2012, 02:14:50 PM »
Yes,  or you can add paint to the apoxie sculpt as you blend it.
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« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2012, 03:10:54 PM »
you can try to rehydrate the lower lip and some of the lower lip skin a push it back in place then super glue in place
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« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2012, 03:19:34 PM »
With a gap that wide the lower lip will look swollen if you fill it with apoxie sculpt. Rehydrate and re tuck. Use a good two part epoxy and pin it. Stay away from super glue IMO.
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« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2012, 03:30:32 PM »
I agree. You will have to rehydrate the lip and chin to close the gap.  A good 5 min epoxy should help to keep near where you want it.  You will still probably have to use some epoxy sculp to fix any shrinkage.
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« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2012, 04:09:04 PM »
Do i use just water to rehydrate? If i was to try to rehydrate do i just rehydrate the lip line or the whole bottom chin?

it is a Krowtan cape, I do not know if that matters or not.
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« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2012, 08:25:03 PM »
Quote from: theguyyouknowtaxidermy on January 27, 2012, 04:09:04 PM
Do i use just water to rehydrate? If i was to try to rehydrate do i just rehydrate the lip line or the whole bottom chin?

it is a Krowtan cape, I do not know if that matters or not.
I have had luck with plane water on a small sponge pinned in place just do the lip and some skin until it slides
If you epoxy it you can not rehydrate it again so i just super glue the bottom lip to the top at the seam only.
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« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2012, 02:52:24 AM »
  the krowtan cape will soften up just fine.
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« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2012, 09:31:42 PM »
If you chose to re-hydrate it, try this. When you re-tuck and set it, make sure you pull some skin from behind it towards the lipline. So many times when tucking and setting the lipline, everything is pushed back towards the throat and when it dries, it pulls even more. If you have thinned the skin really well, and you do this, there is no need for pins. I quit using them years ago. Hope this helps and good luck.
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