Snow on a shoulder mount?

I would like to experiment with snow so I have bee searching the archives. I bought some artificial snow from Van Dyke, and from what I learned in the archives....I should spray some Elmers spray glue on the mount and then add layers of snow.

Does this sound like the best thing for me?

or

Does someone have a better suggestion?

THANKS,
Scott

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Snow

Thats how I do it. You don't need to layer it though one coat should be enough I would think. Jack F

If it's on

a Deer shoulder mount how i do it is sprinkle it on without the glue (I wouldn't want glue in the hair) when the customer comes in to pick it up I give him a little baggy of snow and tell him to put it on when he hangs it where he wants it.

Uh, John, don't do many of these do you?

Your little baggie of snow must run out before he gets to the car. The spray glue is the only thing that holds the snow in place.

I don't recommend these for commercial work simply because the glue and the snow have enough static electricity and adhesiveness to be fly paper. Within a year, the mount is going to be cruddy regardless of how clean the house is.

George

That's why I give him a little baggy of snow to put on when hr gets home so there is no glue involved, I guess I've had a half dozen people that wanted their mounts with snow on them. Why would you put glue on the hair? It would turn to fly paper LOL

Well, since you asked

I use SPRAY GLUE. As a mist, the spray glue droplets aren't exactly like you're slathering on gobs of glue. Then I cover the coat with a HEAVY coat of artificial snow. In every single case, that minute droplet of glue is going to "catch" a snowflake or two. This way you can add realism to your mount in that snow MIGHT be in a place where gravity and wind would blow the unattached flakes off, I.E. the eyelashes or the antlers.

Putting snow on a mount should be a serious decision and not just a temporary whim. (Check some of the old Breakthrough Magazines and find the one with the elk on the cover covered in snow and water droplets. That "water" is actually poly resin applied to the hair with an eyedropper and most certainly PERMANENT) If a customer can't live with the piece afterwards, I tell them to bring it back and for a NOMINAL FEE, I wipe the mount down with lacquer thinner. This dissolves a lot of the snows on the market and wipes the glue off as well. Snow on a mount is not a good idea for most customers.

That

makes sense. Thanks John