louisvillefossiller Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Help! I saw a nice big cephalopod the other day, went to pick it up, and it crumbled. I feel like an idiot. Should I have used plaster? I read about one person using duct tape. Thanks in advance for any advice.David in KY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squalicorax Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 some glue might have helped. I know people like to soak it in butvar or elmers/water mix My Flickr Page of My Collection: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79424101@N00/sets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Help! I saw a nice big cephalopod the other day, went to pick it up, and it crumbled. I feel like an idiot. Should I have used plaster? I read about one person using duct tape. Thanks in advance for any advice.David in KY. Don't worry. You can only learn through experience. The next time you visit the site, take a bottle of watered-down glue with you and dig a little more carefully. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Dog Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 PVA beads (refered to as vinac by many) like the ones found here: http://www.bhigr.com/store/product.php?productid=262 mixed at (maybe 10:1 to 6:1) ratio would help. You can buy a small container of pure acetone at Sally's beauty supply, and mix the beads into it. The advantage is fast dry time and with that the opportunity to add more if one treatment is not enough. I use a very thin mixture to protect all of my bone fossils. Soaks in, dries invisible, and helps keep it together. My friend was a curator at a natural history museum. He had many fossils there and used vinac mixed in acetone all the time. He got me into the habit of using it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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