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Community => Taxidermy & Scoring => Topic started by: daydreamn on June 01, 2010, 09:17:21 PM

Title: Hornets nest
Post by: daydreamn on June 01, 2010, 09:17:21 PM: Anyone have any suggestions on how to preserve a hornets nest? Ill be using one as part of a bear mount Im working on. They seem to fall apart too easily.
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Post by: gasman on June 01, 2010, 09:36:26 PM: I heard spraying them with a clear coat helps :dunno:
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 01, 2010, 09:40:25 PM: i have also heard of people using hair spray
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Post by: BLKBEARKLR on June 01, 2010, 10:09:56 PM: I have used hairspray on them I have two big ones right now in the shop they are holding up just fine
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Post by: JackOfAllTrades on June 01, 2010, 10:31:56 PM: Clear coat in many layers. Then don't friggin touch it, move it, sneeze around it, pass gass, yell at the wife or kids.. Don't go near it!

And it'll be fine! :chuckle:

-Steve
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Post by: WCTaxidermy on June 01, 2010, 11:28:33 PM: Joe, that would be about the only thing you would be able to use hair spray on!!! :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: Let's go fishing!
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Post by: bucklucky on June 02, 2010, 06:33:31 AM: Quote from: WCTaxidermy on June 01, 2010, 11:28:33 PM
Joe, that would be about the only thing you would be able to use hair spray on!!! :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: Let's go fishing!

:lol4:
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Post by: BLKBEARKLR on June 02, 2010, 09:37:02 AM: Quote from: WCTaxidermy on June 01, 2010, 11:28:33 PM
Joe, that would be about the only thing you would be able to use hair spray on!!! :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: Let's go fishing!

You should see when I gel my chest hairs :rolleyes: :yike: .. I will take you fishing as soon as I get back, I will bring the magnifying glass so you can use it to thread the line through your lure at your age I KNOW your eyesight is not what it used to be..... :chuckle: :chuckle:

Joe
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Post by: quadrafire on June 02, 2010, 10:56:11 AM: Quote from: JackOfAllTrades on June 01, 2010, 10:31:56 PM
Clear coat in many layers. Then don't friggin touch it, move it, sneeze around it, pass gass, yell at the wife or kids.. Don't go near it!

And it'll be fine! :chuckle:

-Steve

That about sums it up. Also make sure there are no critters in it. I cut one down late one fall while bow hunting, It warmed up in the rig on the way home and i had wasps/bees crawling all over the place. So be Careful.
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Post by: h2ofowlr on June 02, 2010, 10:19:43 PM: Aqua net will work. Just make sure the bees are out. They come out faster than you can kill them all.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 02, 2010, 10:34:26 PM: :chuckle:
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Post by: daydreamn on June 03, 2010, 09:01:46 PM: Uh, thanks. :dunno: I have a feeling that JackOfAllTrades had the best suggestion with the second half of his comment. Well see how it turns out.
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Post by: Dustin07 on June 07, 2010, 02:02:11 PM: i was thinking some sort of resin like boat fiberglass stuff. Might be better to just use a repro in the longrun though.. good luck.
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Post by: coachcw on June 27, 2010, 10:21:29 PM: you might try automotive clear coat with bumper flex agent . i would think it may hold up better.
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Post by: julzzz on June 30, 2010, 03:09:48 PM: spray glue!!! I did one in 1992 and it still looks like it did the day I got it