A Little Cash Saved
Have you every wished that prices would stop going up in that taxidermy catalog that you get every fall and that form price would just start falling back? Or a bucket of hide paste would just cost pennies?
Boy would it be nice that you could charge a fair price for a mount that the average blue collar worker could afford after they spend a life trying to harvest that buck of a lifetime or that big bass that they see in a magazine. Well maybe it can happen if you don't mind not using a top brand name eyes or that award winning head forms that may cost $50.00 and up pulse shipping.
I'm going to show you how to cut some of the cost by making a lot of your owner supplies and buy supplies local!
The modern day taxidermist are folks that have been convinced that they have got to buy the snap on products that are out there now days. A person can buy a video, a catalog and with a little time they can turn out a fox or deer head or any thing that is in that catalog, but what are they going to do with that pieced that will come in one day and that catalog does not have what you need ?
OK I'm going to help you save your butt and a little cash.
Some of the old timers have all kinds of short cuts, but no they would not share a speck of it what took them a life time to get and I know that fact because it took me a lifetime to get the info I use in my shop daily.
Now some of the projects I'm going to show are easy as pie and some are hard and takes a lot of time and I mean days and lots of hours.
Also don't give up on some of these projects , remember it takes time.
One of my favorite ways to save a little cash is to make my own paper mache and it is very easy.
Number one you need some news paper , second you will need a five gallon bucket.
Now take the news paper and tar into strips and but into bucket. Next fill the bucket with water and fill till paper strips are covered till paper floats.
Now let the paper soak overnight or till paper is nice and tender. Once this takes place take a paint stir on a electric drill and stir till you have a paper mush or pulp. Now after I have this i
I take this pulp and squeeze small batches rolled up in a towel till most of the water is out of the pulp and put this in a bucket or some container for storage. Most of the time the pulp will dry out but this is no problem just add water back and pulp is good as new.
Now my next blog I will start explaining how to use this pulp like making a stump or use it as a filler by use glue or self raising flour. I'll explain later.
Here is a piece I'm working on. One of my favorite things to work on are large size orders!
Also remember to check out my website at www.rickrobsonstaxidermy53@gmail.com
or drop us a e-mail at hidemaster53@gmail.com.
If you have any questions give me a call at 336-401-0356
If you would like to learn taxidermy give me a e-mail ,I offer private one on one taxidermy lessons for a low fee of $25.00 per hour. If you or anyone you know wish to learn this art just give me a e-mail.
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