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swampfox
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« on: August 04, 2007, 01:29:32 PM »
       If anyone has used this AFG hide paste sold by V.D., what do/did you think of it ? The picture shows a blue ribbon, and says it is staff preffered. Any opinions ?
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« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2007, 02:22:58 PM »
this is my main hide paste that i use(afg).....great stuff.....just got in another 5 gallon bucket today
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« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2007, 06:09:28 PM »
Rich, What kind of drying time do you have with this hide paste?
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« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2007, 10:00:30 PM »
I have used the AFG for a couple of years now and I like it. Dries with the mount. You can usually still taxi skin  2-3 days after you mount. I would not advise using it on earliners, and it was never intended for such. I use the KEY epoxy that VD sells (the skin type not the way too expensive "earliner" version) and I rarely ever have an ear drum.... If I do it is my fault for not correctly sizing the liner.

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« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2007, 10:18:03 PM »
Use 20 gallons of it a year. Like it alot. Problem is Van Dyke's seems to run out of 5 gal. buckets right when I need it though.
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« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2007, 11:29:52 PM »
i actually bought several different types of hide paste 2 years ago.  i liked a few of them, but afg is the one i stayed with.  it has great hold, dries good with the skin, easy to apply.  again i wouldn't use it for ear liners.  i have used it on both DP and tanned hides with good results. 
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« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2007, 11:34:54 PM »
We have used it...no complaints here!

 
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« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2007, 01:03:38 PM »
        I bought a gallon of AFG a few weeks ago to do a test run with before I heard about the Dynamite #111.  It sounds like AFG will work very well also.  I still like to use some expoxy in key areas I don't want to pull like the lips, and under the antler burrs.  Thanks for the input guys.     Jack.
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« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2007, 08:48:57 PM »
Yea they screw you on the 5 gallon buckets Van Dykes charges you a handling fee and so does UPS! I have them bring it to our state taxidermy show that way I can avoid some of the BS charges.

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« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2007, 10:34:25 PM »
That is all I used is the AGF hide paste before I switched to the sherwin williams dynamite 111 & Joe Coombs dry hide paste combination. I still have 4 gallons out of a 5 gallon bucket just sitting there unused since I switched.

Guy's & gal's, I have never really felt like endorsing or persuading somebody to try something different. But the difference in the AGF compared to the 111 & hide paste combo is like the difference in a 1974 Ford Pinto compared to a 2007 Ford Excursion.

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« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2007, 11:09:34 PM »
micheal p. how are you mixing the dynamite 111 and dry hide paste?
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« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2007, 11:33:54 PM »
Quote from: richie166 on August 05, 2007, 11:09:34 PM
micheal p. how are you mixing the dynamite 111 and dry hide paste?

With a drill & a sheet rock mud mixer like this.
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« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2007, 01:25:54 PM »
Quote from: Wayne R on August 04, 2007, 06:09:28 PM
Rich, What kind of drying time do you have with this hide paste?

Wayne, My mounts are dry in about 5 days...You have great working time with AFG the first 2 days,  I dont use it for ears because i use epo grip ear magic.
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« Reply #13 on: August 06, 2007, 08:18:30 PM »
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Wayne, My mounts are dry in about 5 days...You have great working time with AFG the first 2 days,  I dont use it for ears because i use epo grip ear magic.

Thanks, Rich, I prefer a hide paste that gives me some time to go back and go over it.  I"ll have to give it a shot.
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