Fin Backing Compounds & Materials

Lifetone Tuf-Fin Repair Compound
Only one or two coats of this crystal clear compound gives you the "meaty" look of a natural fin. Durable, flexible, and non-yellowing, Tuf-Fin won't crack, wrinkle, lift or peel.
Code Item Description S.W. Price LTTF-8 Tuf-Fin Repair Compound 8 oz. 10.49

Mod Podge Decopage
The water based sealer and glue dries clear and can be easily built up with multiple coats. Can be used on fish fins, deer noses, and turkey heads. Available in matte or gloss finishes.
Code Item Description S.W. Price TG301 Matte Finish Mod Podge 8 oz. 4.95 TG201 Gloss Finish Mod Podge 8 oz. 4.95

Ultra Seal
Safe, non-toxic and odorless. Dries to a clear satin finish. Ultra-Seal is an ideal medium for many taxidermy applications, including competition fin backing, and rebuilding the individual nodules on the nose pads of game head mounts. It's also a great habitat glue, an easy decoupage product, and an excellent waterproof sealer.
Code Item Description Price US04 4 fl. oz. Ultra Seal 6.49 US16 16 fl. oz. Ultra Seal 10.99

Silkspan
This is the ideal fin backing material. When used with Ultra-Seal, Fin Backing Cream, Mod Podge or Tuf-Fin this product will hide any holes or tears in fins so well that you may have trouble finding the tear after it has dried. Because Silkspan is a tissue-like material, it absorbs the Ultra-Seal and when dry is almost completely transparent (without any fabric-type weave pattern). Silkspan can be used to patch any membrane on a fish, and, because it comes in sheets, you can successfully cover an entire fin (not just the edge as with tape).
Code Item Description Price SSP 1 sheet 24" x 36" Silkspan 1.79

Polytranspar Fin Backing Cream
This is the original formula Fin Backing Cream that has been widely imitated but never equalled. Developed for retaining the texture, transparency, and flexibility of fish fins, it also increases the durability of fins as it protects against breakage. But the virtues of this fine product don't stop there. There are literally hundreds of uses for Polytranspar Fin Backing Cream around the taxidermy shop, including priming mannikins, habitat glue, building up fleshy tissue, protecting leaves and grasses, preventing transparent paints from bleeding, as a hide paste, and many more. It's fast, flexible, dries clear and is easy to use. Can be used to reinforce fish fins with or without Silkspan. 11 oz. tubes of Fin Backing Cream fit standard caulking guns. NOTE: Freeze Warning: Fin Cream may be damaged if frozen.
Code Item Description S.W. Price FC101 Polytranspar Fin Backing Cream 1 lb. 3.95

Epo-Grip Fin Magic
Fin Magic is a time-saving reinforced translucent fin reproduction adhesive designed to produce strong, flexible fins for the taxidermist without the mess. Fin Magic is a ready-to-use casting product that can be easily tinted, providing application flexibility not previously found in other methods of fin reproduction. mounts. Fin Magic has the advantage of producing a strong, yet flexinble fin which wont break like some resins or sag like hot glue. Mix equal portions of Fin Magic sides A & B until a uniform consistency is obtained. Apply Fin Magic to each side of fin mold and clamp sides securely until cure occurs in approximately 12 to 15 minutes. After curing separate mold halves, remove the Fin Magic reproduction, and trim to desired size and shape. See full directions with a step-by-step article written by National Champions fish taxidermist Frank Kotula in Breakthrough Magazine issue 83 (Summer 2006).
Code Item Description S.W. Price NS496 Epo-Grip Fin Magic 16 oz. Kit 25.95
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