trevorog Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Hello all, I have a small baleen whale skull that I need to preserve. It was found on a beach and the sun had bleached it. After a short time it has started to flake, crack and sort of fall apart. It's very aged and porous, is there something I can coat it in to preserve it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Welcome to the Forum. Please check out a few of the links in the search results HERE. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared C Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 on the other hand, that sounds like a cool find and I hope you're able to get it preserved. That link is quite helpful. Have any photos? “Not only is the universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think” -Werner Heisenberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevorog Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 they are not great photos but might give you a better idea. I don't think a thin solution of any agent will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjfriend Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 The idea with thinner consolidates is the ability to seep deeper into the specimen and hold it together. A thicker one helps where the bigger cracks are. I would want to see it for myself before I would say for sure but I would think soaking it in a thin PVA would work to really allow the solutionto penetrate all the way. Or carefully dripping / brushing enough onto it to allow it to soak deep. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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