JorisVV Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Hi everyone, I need some help regarding my first preperation work. It's a Cuban Meg tooth in limestone. What is the best way to get the limestone off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 45 minutes ago, JorisVV said: What is the best way to get the limestone off? If you don't have the experience, you should let someone else do the work for you. This looks too risky to me for beginners. What tools do you have? 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilhunter21 Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 If you are going to prepare that Meg, and you do not want to ruin it then you might want to purchase some cheap fossils to practice on and then prepare this. I learned this the hard way when I prepared an oreodont skull with almost no experience, and basically ruined the skull. Good luck! -@fossilhunter21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Just don´t remove the matrix on the back side. This gives stability and, more important, great context! Without any matrix, it would be a Meg like many others. With matrix - its a personality! Franz Bernhard 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 8 hours ago, FranzBernhard said: Just don´t remove the matrix on the back side. This gives stability and, more important, great context! Without any matrix, it would be a Meg like many others. With matrix - its a personality! Franz Bernhard That would be my choice as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holdinghistory Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 If I did anything I would remove the limestone from the root, and leave the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorisVV Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 1 hour ago, holdinghistory said: If I did anything I would remove the limestone from the root, and leave the back. I was doing that. But the root matrix mostly came off. Some remains and it went really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorisVV Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 Results 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Congrats on the good result! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilhunter21 Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Nice job on the prep! congrats! @fossilhunter21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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