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<p class="MsoNormal">I am looking for an option to cover these large hooks that will be holding Mammoth tusks. I suggested some polyvinyl tubing, but the cabinet shop wants to “dip” them in plasti dip. Does anyone have an archival medium suggestion that
won’t damage the potentially friable outer layer of these tusks? The hooks are 1.25 inches in diameter.<o:p></o:p></p>
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