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<p>Dear Mackenzie,</p>
<p>I suggest to reconsider the idea of altering a mount. I can
understand that making a study-skin of it, has a positive effects
for storage, but the mounts will suffer a great deal of damage.
Its in a way like taking a old painting out of its frame and
roiling it up to safe space. <br>
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<p>If the other option would be to discard them, then you can try
using chopped cherry laurel leaves, which soften the skin very
nicely. But then you will have to take out the old mannequin from
inside and re-wire everything to an adequate study-skin mount.
This is a procedure that requires a lot of practice, knowledge of
bird taxidermy, time and patience. And don't forget about good
PPE, since old bird mounts usually have a lot of banned
preservation chemicals.</p>
<p>There is a fantastic older paper on the subject of cherry laurel
in German:</p>
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Rauer-Gömann, and H. Scheidt. 2001. Über das Weichen
trockengefallener Alkohol- und Formalinpräparate,
Herbarblätter und von Tapagewebe. Der Präparator
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<p>Am 03.09.23 um 21:03 schrieb Kirchner-Smith, Mackenzie:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a question about the process of
converting bird mounts into skins, or at least making them
more compact to be properly stored in drawers with skins.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have some mounted birds where they are
the only specimen we have of that species, and I would like to
store them with the skins. I know I have seen mounts
‘converted’ into skins, such that the feet and pushed down and
(when necessary) the head is straightened out to be in line
with the body. We have some in our collection that I can tell
used to be mounts. Has anyone ever done this, or know how to
go about doing this? These are birds with wires in the legs,
etc. I’m not sure if they should just be moved or if it would
be better to try and soften them somehow before. Or if this
‘conversion’ isn’t a recommended course of action at all.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for any help or advice in
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