Caulk Vs Hidepaste Question

I don't know that it is better but often times more convenient. It is typically readily available in most locations in bulk. No shipping or mixing up. It is in a tube and can be injected under the skin and worked around from the outside. I've used it and it works but I now prefer the same hide paste I use on everything. Pro-1.

 

McKenzie does sell hide paste in a caulk tube , you sure that’s not what he is using, as 3 bears said Pro 1

 

I have an emptied caulk tube that I push out the bottom with a blunt wire. I fill the tube with the dextrine hide paste we mix up at the shop. I will occasionally use this when I need to get hide paste into tight spots.

Latex caulk certainly works as a hide paste, but using something like Pro 1 is better choice. The convivence of the tube and the availability is with the caulking.

 

I have refillable caulk tubes that I got off of amazon. I fill those with pro-1 for my small mammals and to glue the seams on my gameheads.

 

I use an air gun to blow the stopper out of an empty caulk tube then fill it with hide paste.
Use a rag or paper towel over the tube end to catch the stopper and any residual caulk.
We mix our own hide paste using Roman 555 and Joe Coombs dry hide paste.

 

Brian Hendricks uses plain caulk - it’s cheap and using a caulk gun allows you to get the caulk (or hide paste in tubes) in without making a mess, especially around the face area. The caulk also dries quite a bit slower and gives you more working time to adjust the skin if you need to. Some hide pastes dry pretty fast and do not give a s much working time. I use a caulk gun with hide paste, but I have used caulk as well.

 

why I bag all my mounts as they dry , I did a tutorial on bagging for 5 days and reworking ur mounts each day , as you said , hide paste and critters dry at different times

 

I usually use krowtan for small mammals. My experience with krowtan is that it dries slow enough already, actually too slow. I don't need anymore working time.

 

Just because a particular person uses a certain product does not make it better. My guess is that it is used because it is cheap. If you want the “best”, then use Pro-1. Brian Hendricks is talented enough that he could probably get the same results using Elmer’s Glue.

 

I believe it is a piece of a nitrile glove. Someone can correct me if I am wrong.

 

The only "advantage" is the delivery device. For 20 years I used a silicone caulk on turkeys. I found that a foot long piece of 1/2 inch vinyl tubing pressed over the spout allowed much better access than shoving the caulk gun up inside the skin.

 

Latex gloves also work. However, it's been awhile since I've seen them for sale.

 

Gloves are back down to $8 from harbor freight again , I still like dryer sheets and ear skin