for those using latex caulk for a hide paste substitute,how much time does it allow for adjusting and manuvering your skin on small mammels?
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Using caulk as a hide paste will give you two and even three days of taxing the skin. It will however dry faster around the face for air get to this quicker. If you need to slow the process down more, spray water on the flesh side and bag it. If you take the bag off each day for about an hour or more and do you detail work or reposition what may be a wrong hair pattern you'll be able to do it. When your completed tkae it off and let it dry then. If the mammal is small place it in the fridge, it'll take even longer but'll it'll dry in the fridge.