[Nhcoll-l] Re-attach specimen tail

[Simon Moore]

Hi Carson,

Time was when I was having to repair such damage on a regular basis to all sorts of taxidermy!

Assuming that you don’t want a wire armature in the tail that might prick questing fingers, I would suggest that you use paraloid B-72 adhesive but first you will need to treat the skin areas on both surfaces with some paraloid at 5 to 10% concentration so that it forms a consolidating layer in the skin, then apply the normal adhesive.

With all good wishes, Simon

Simon Moore MIScT, RSci, FLS, ACR
Conservator of Natural Sciences and Cutlery Historian,

www.natural-history-conservation.com



> On 9 Dec 2022, at 16:48, Carson Moore <cmoore at kaleideum.org> wrote:
> 
> One of our raccoon skin education specimens was mishandled and the tip of its tail was pulled out. The educator in charge of the object asked me if I knew of a way to re-attach it, and all I could think of was some sort of glue. Does this community have a glue they recommend for this type of material, or another method to re-attach it? This is used for educational programming only, and it is meant to be touched. We know damage and wear is inevitable with education collection materials but would like to extend its usage.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Carson Moore (She/Her)
> Director of Collections and Exhibit Maintenance
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