.. but I didn't get anything...
here are my questions for those kind enough to spend 2 minutes for me...
do you use the word "to flay" in taxidermy ?
how do you call the act of skinning the tail of an animal?
what is the hard-body method?
hydrocal is it a trademark?
do you use laminated paper? and for what?
and mylar ?
a rubber mold is it a mold made of silicone ? of is it just a flexible mold?
what is a pinking machine ? i've went to suppliers website but i don't succeed in finding it, my english is not good enough, so if you can please send me the address wher i can fond one !
thanx
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These are strips of wall paper with glue brushed on to make bear rug shells[laminated paper]from a mould
Amold can be made from plaster of paris
flay Is not used In taxidermy
A hard body can be made from excellsor not just foam
Hydrocal is a trademark for a specific kind of high strength plaster. I believe the trademark is owned by "US Gypsums".
Rubber molds are flexible molds that can be made of silicone, flexible urethane, latex or other similar 'rubber' products. Rubber is a loose term these days. 'Rubber molds' used to be made of latex as it is a 'natural rubber' obtained from trees. There are many "synthetic" or man made rubbers now available tho.
Pinking machines are like pinking sheers only more advanced. You use them to cut the edges of fabric so that you get fancy designs on the edges rather than just a straight cut. Imagine scissors that you use for cutting papaer, only instead of two straight blades they have blades with ripples along their edge etc, so that when the blades close together you get wavy patterns or zig-zag patterns etc.
To illustrate - you get something like /\/\/\/\/\ instead of ________