<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Yeah, this is not joke. We have an eagle mount that apparently is an immature specimen that was painted to look as if it had the mature plumage (no idea who did this or when or really, why). In its current state is has little use and we were hoping to find some way to remove the paint safely. In a very small and hidden area we've tried paint thinner, soap and water, and Gu-Gon (all of which make me cringe, but what are you gonna do, right?), with zero affect. We have no idea what kind of paint this is, so does anyone out there have any suggestions for how we might remove the paint? This is otherwise a very nice mount but on a specimen with no data, so of little research value, but could have great exhibiting and program potential. </span><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Thanks for any suggestions you have!</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Kirsten</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><font face="'times new roman', serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#006600">Kirsten E. Nicholson, Ph.D<br><br><i><font size="1">Assoc. Prof. Biology and Curator of Natural History<br>Dept. of Biology Museum of Cultural and Natural History<br>217 Brooks Hall 103 Rowe Hall<br>Central Michigan Univ. Central Michigan University <br>Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859 Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859<br>989-774-3758 989-774-3829</font></i></font><i><font size="1"><span style="background-color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font color="#336666" face="'times new roman', serif"><b><br></b></font><br></span><br></font></i><br><br><br><br><br><br></div>
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