Ptychodus04 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I picked up this mammoth humerus from the Brown County Museum of History a couple weeks ago and have begun the repair. Apparently, someone tried to move it and it must have gotten dropped. I don't have the story on the damage, only the request for repair. Nobody's admittin' nuthin'! It came to me in 3 boxes (never a good thing for a single bone). This bone has an unknown provinance but has been at the museum for decades. Judging by the state of the plaster restoration, I would say this was done sometime in the 1960' or 70's. I soaked the exposed bone in stabilizer and applied a liberal mount of clear, non-expanding, Gorilla Glue to the joints and strapped the whole thing together for a couple of days. My lab is still covered in Green river fish so, while the wife was away from the house, the bone got moved to the dining room table. to her credit, she didn't say a word about it when she got home! I think she's been around me long enough to expect random dead things showing up in her house. This was when I discovered that I am completely out of white Apoxie Sculpt for the crack filling. Thankfully, I have to paint the repairs anyway so, they will get dark brown epoxy. I don't have a picture of the epoxied cracks yet but they are done and I've used about a gallon of cyannoacrylate on the plaster because upon closer inspection, the whole thing was covered in hairline cracks and just waiting to fall apart. I don't want to do a full restoration on this thing so I made the decision to save what is there. 9 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Good job. Harry Potter helping? "Reparo!" 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Good job. Harry Potter helping? "Reparo!" That would be wonderful. Unfortunately, no, he is not pulling his weight on the mammoth conservation. 1 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 thats a mammoth task 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 1 minute ago, will stevenson said: thats a mammoth task 1 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 13 minutes ago, will stevenson said: thats a mammoth task No, not a mammoth tusk, a mammoth humerus. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 1 minute ago, Tidgy's Dad said: No, not a mammoth tusk, a mammoth humerus. well thats quite humerous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 8 minutes ago, will stevenson said: well thats quite humerous Considering it's the trunkated version. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolly50 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 One would have to be pretty thick-skinned to tolerate y'alls quips. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 Stick to fossils gents. Your comedy is pretty bad. 3 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 1 minute ago, snolly50 said: One would have to be pretty thick-skinned to tolerate y'alls quips. It takes wearing a kilt to be that tough Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I don’t know...they made me smile! its looking good so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Your prep jobs are always exceptional @Ptychodus04. I have no doubt that your restoration work will be done equally well! It looks much better than it did before and well on its way to being museum quality again. You mentioned painting the piece. Out of curiosity, what sort of paint would you use for something like this? 1 The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share Posted November 12, 2019 3 hours ago, FossilNerd said: Your prep jobs are always exceptional @Ptychodus04. I have no doubt that your restoration work will be done equally well! It looks much better than it did before and well on its way to being museum quality again. You mentioned painting the piece. Out of curiosity, what sort of paint would you use for something like this? Thanks. I use acrylic paints due to the ease of cleanup. 1 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted November 24, 2019 Author Share Posted November 24, 2019 Here’s the humerus as it sat yesterday with the epoxy putty repair. And today, after I completed the paint. The old plaster restoration needed some gluing and repaint as well. 4 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Magnificent work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Looking good! They should be more then happy with that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Looks great! Looking at your first picture, with it in pieces, and comparing it to the final, it’s a complete transformation. 1 The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Looks great now. You have to love Mammoths. Good work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Very good! 1 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenJD Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Great job Kris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted November 27, 2019 Author Share Posted November 27, 2019 I dropped off the humerus to the folks at the BCMH today and they were excited to have it back and be able to put it back on display. The first comment when they saw it was “it finally looks real!” In reference time the poorly done original restoration. The best part of all of this is that it is part of an interactive exhibit that allows children to handle the fossil! 7 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruger9a Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Fantastic work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 What a guy! Good job Kris. RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LenBaker Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Hi Kris, I hope you are all doing well. The reason for my note is a large Mastodon Humerus I recently acquired. I have been collecting paleo bones for quite a while and ran across this Mastodon Humerus that had been found by a hunter in the Arkansas River in Tulsa County Oklahoma. I received it on Thursday and after letting the package sit in quarantine for a couple of days I opened it this weekend. Unfortunately, the bone was badly damaged in shipping and is in need of restoration. Since it was packaged I have all of the pieces. Is there anyone you have worked with who does restoration and repair of damaged bones? Is there any advice you can give me? I want to see the bone repaired if at all possible. Thank you, Len Baker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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