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Touching up antlers
« on: March 09, 2010, 05:52:37 PM »
What are you taxidermists using to touch up antlers?

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Re: Touching up antlers
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2010, 06:07:09 PM »
To make them shine a little bit I use mop-n-glo,but I am not a taxidermist  :dunno:
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Re: Touching up antlers
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2010, 06:08:09 PM »
I'm having a discoloration issue with these pronghorn antlers. They sort of turned a little white in a spot. So I am imagining I will need some paint.

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Re: Touching up antlers
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2010, 06:15:23 PM »
Potassium Permanganate

This is one that I use, I use some other stains also but if just touching it up. This will work good.

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Re: Touching up antlers
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2010, 06:17:04 PM »
I am no taxidermist but I have restored antlers and I used www.pinchbackreproductions.com/ paint.You paint on then wipe off till you get desired look.Here's the link http://www.vandykestaxidermy.com/product/80500002/brush-on-wipe-off-antler-paint-kit

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Re: Touching up antlers
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2010, 06:17:32 PM »
I'm having a discoloration issue with these pronghorn antlers. They sort of turned a little white in a spot. So I am imagining I will need some paint.


Disregard the Potassium Permanganate that is for touching up antlers not horns.   On the horns I would just use a couple of paints like a black umber or something in that nature to get the color back, would not use a black spray that would be to black and you would have to paint entire set of horns...

Sorry thought you were talking about antlers ie: deer, elk.

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Re: Touching up antlers
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2010, 06:21:17 PM »
Horns ... antlers... Same stuff to me.

Well thank you. :-)

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Re: Touching up antlers
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2010, 09:15:56 AM »
I would thin down some black umber and raw umber and the lightly go over it with burnt sienna to give it that little touch of brown that is very prevalent on antelope horns. I used this same combo on a set of reproduction horns and they came out perfect. No one has been able to tell, even after I tell them that they were repro's. Here's a pic
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Re: Touching up antlers
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2010, 10:03:52 AM »
Great mount stuffer!!

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Re: Touching up antlers
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2010, 10:55:15 AM »
Horns ... antlers... Same stuff to me.

Well thank you. :-)

Totally different make up.

Antlers are bone and are shed every year.

Horns are an extension of the animals hair.  They are not shed and grow continually.  Except on Antelope!

Antelope are the only horned animal that sheds there horns.

What Elk stuffer said. 

Hey Elkstuffer are you using Oil Paints?  What kinda paints are you using?

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Re: Touching up antlers
« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2010, 11:16:53 AM »
Thanks Charlie. That's the set of 88 inchers from Research Mannikins.

Michelle, Yes, I use the oil based paints. I buy them in the tube at Micheals.
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Re: Touching up antlers
« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2010, 11:41:07 AM »
Your welcome  ;) I have found the oil paints to be the best for me to match colors on antelope horns too.

 


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