| Title: | Fishing Notes- Archived |
| Notice: | See note 555.1 for a keyword directory of this conference |
| Moderator: | DONMAC::MACINTYRE |
| Created: | Fri Feb 14 1986 |
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This is kind of a strange question but here goes..
This past weekend I caught a 5.5 lb largemouth that will soon be
going to the taxidermist.. I have a piece of driftwood brought
back from the Cape that I'd like to mount it on. I have two other
mounters in my living room on driftwood but I got the wood from
the taxidermist. the wood on the walls now is brown-the wood brought
back fron the cape is grey-is there anything I should do to the
new wood to preserve or treat it??? Any advise would be helpfull.
Thanks,
Bob
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| 1220.1 | PACKER::GIBSON | I'm the NRA | Tue Aug 15 1989 13:54 | 17 | |
Bob you may want to enter your note in the woodworking notes file.
From my own vast storoom of knowledge I would say that the piece of
driftwood you have has been "Pickled" in salt sufficently. You should
not need to do any further preservation.
I will caution you not to leave the wood anywhere that animals like
racoons can get at it, they will eat it! I have seen canoe paddles and
snowshoes that have been knawed at by wildlife who are attracted by the
salts absorbed in the wood.
I suspose that a light coat of clear laquer wouldn't hurt. You may want
to thin it down with laquer tinner in a 50/50 mix so that it is not a
slick finnish.
Walt
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| 1220.2 | wood=$0,fish=$175 :'( | MERIDN::BMURRAY | Wed Aug 16 1989 12:09 | 6 | |
After talking to the taxidermists and from the opinions I've heard
I will leave the wood exactly the way it is (didn't really have
time to work on it anyway).
Thanks fur the help
Bob
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