Hello everyone,
I am once again brought back to your forum with another question. I have a (practically mummified) pet rat that I originally had planned to keep just the bones of, but have now decided to try something different with. I want to preserve what is left of the tissue on bone - I'd prefer it to be hard so that it does not crumble, but it will not be handled, only displayed. What should I coat it with? And what condition (dry? does it matter if the tissue is very fragile or even jerky like?) does it need to be in before I coat it?
It's has been kept outside in hot, humid temperature for the past 2-3 weeks This may be exraneous information. So please forgive my ignorance as I do not know if it is important or not in choosing what kind of protectant to use.
I would appreciate any help that you could offer me.
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Try some Rittel preservit,dab it on gently,let dry,then shellac or modpodge the whole thing. Thats what I would do at least. I have a dried out possum head ( mostly skull) that I shellaced years ago that is still ok,but the shellaced dried flesh on coyote skeleton got eaten by mice!
I'm sorry, could someone please translate shellac and modpodge for me? What about brushing on a coat of formalin instead of preservit...or would that make it too brittle?
Thanks again
What if I don't want a glossy finish? Which would be best then to use?
..but you still need to keep the skeleton from being brittle.Modpodge does come in a matte finish though,but I have never tried it to see if its trully matte and not glossy.