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
TF           Tuf-Fin Repair Compound     8 oz.     13.85


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
MOD2      Matte Finish Mod Podge     8 oz.     6.10
MOD       Gloss Finish Mod Podge     8 oz.     5.50


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      7.25
US16     16 fl. oz. Ultra Seal     12.25


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
SPAN      1 sheet 24" x 36" Silkspan      1.75


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.     4.10

Flexible Fin Finish
Flexible Fin Finish is an adhesive type fin backing material used to produce realistic, flexible fins. Comes with complete instructions for use. It is painted on fish fins and skin for maximum resilency and pliability.
Freeze Warning: Product may become damaged if frozen during shipping.


Code              Size                Price
FINP             1 pint                8.75
FINQ             1 quart              14.30
FING             1 Gallon             44.95


Epo-Grip Clear Paste Adhesive
A fast-set paste adhesive designed to provide more control in fast gluing applications. This product has a 7-10 minute cure time with exceptional strength in paste form. Can be used for attaching natural or artificial fish fins, a fin-backer, a fish seam sealer and filler. Great for animal mouth work, and many other handy uses.


Code                 Item Description               Price
450439     16 oz. Epo-Grip Clear Paste Adhesive     31.35
450440     32 oz. Epo-Grip Clear Paste Adhesive     56.80

Epo-Grip Fin Magic

Fin Magic is a time-saving reinforced translucent fin reproduction medium designed to produce strong, flexible fins for the taxidermists without the mess. Produces a strong artificial fin which won't break.


Code             Item Description                Price
NS494             Fin Magic 8 ounce kit          21.75
451050            Fin Magic 16 ounce kit         31.00

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