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During my last couple of visits to the Peace River I found several large Proboscidean bones. I was concerned about consolidating them due to their size. With my previous preservation efforts I used cardboard to set my specimens on after giving them a vinac and acetone bath. I had found that if I did not rotate the wet specimens I would wind up with drip marks and white blemishes where the bones actually would stick to the runoff liquid. With this in mind I tried to come up with some type of drying rack and a tool to dip the large specimens into the solution with and retrieve them without touching the wet surfaces. I came up with a small wooden ladder type configuration for drying that worked really well so I thought I would share it for anyone having a similar issue. I also made a "dipper" out of a piece of closet rod and a metal utility hanger. I finished the wooden rack with laquer to seal the wood and help keep it from absorbing the solution. Cardboard placed underneath the rack caught and absorbed the runoff. Below is a picture of the rack and dipper along with a photo of the specimens they were used for. I used scrap wood I had on hand for the sides and purchased 24' of 1/2" dowel rod. The dowels were cut down to 13" and then mounted 1/2" into the side rails. You can see the last rod on the left is not a as far apart as the others. This was due to using scrap "as is" for the sides. I wanted to get a little more cross support so I added the last dowel on the left to fill to big of a gap.
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