I don't have any fish paste on hand, can I use hide paste instead?
thank you Judy
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That's all I use!
I USE LATEX CAULKING THAT CLEANS UP IN WATER BEFORE IT DRIES ALL THE WAY .Steve
wall paper paste is also great.
The best thing i have used is caulk or Buckeye Supreme hide paste.
The only thing I glue on fish is trout and other smooth skinned fish. Walleye, bass, northerns,crappie,perch,and the Like I do not glue. I do sew them up. On a fish you and conforming the skin to a body that it already has a memory for. So why do you have to glue it. Birds don't get glued. Mammals are a whole nother story though. Lots of glueing there......lol.
Well this is my feeling on glueing fish. I use the glue on the smooth skinned fish to get a nice smooth finish. That smooth skin picks up all the details under the skin if you don't.
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Five use it, One don't,...Paste helps align the skin and secures it to the prepped form after drying,...one method or the other,... I would use it, and any of the above methods will work.
I use Elmers carpenter glue-on the average fish (3-4 lb bass)I use only a few tablespoons worth of the stuff.It sticks to foam and sort of smooths out any rough spots on the form as a filler .It also transitions the foam body to any mache that you'd use for fin butts. It cleans up with water and is non toxic.