Fish Form Prep from Jeff Lumsden
Fish Form Prep is the first product of its kind, and offers the fish taxidermist two significant breakthroughs. It is a creamy self-drying material designed for sealing and making hand-carved mannikin surfaces smooth and durable while still being receptive to pins, yet without measurably enlarging the size of your mannikin. This product is essential for competition fish and when mounting thin-skinned or small scaled fish. The second breakthrough Fish Form Prep offers is to make commercial fish mannikin alterations practical and feasible.

Code              Item Description             Price
FP193     16 oz. Fish Form Prep (White)        14.25
FP194     16 oz. Fish Form Prep (Urethane)     13.20

---

Gary Bowen's Mannikin Prep
Here's one of the great taxidermy time-savers of all! Master taxidermist Gary Bowen specially formulated Mannikin-Prep to use between hide pastes and urethane mannikins. It completely eliminates the need for scratching or sanding forms. It saves you time and money, with no loss of mannikin detail! Easy to use -- just wipe the mannikin with lacquer thinner, shake the aerosol can of Mannikin-Prep and spray it on. Allow the mannikin to sit overnight in order to achieve an extra strong positive bond, then apply your hide paste and mount as usual. Mannikin-Prep works with all kinds of hide pastes -- water-based mixes or epoxy adhesives. Mannikin-Prep is ideal for game head, mammal, fish or bird taxidermy -- basically anywhere a urethane foam mannikin is used. A 17 oz. can of Mannikin-Prep will cover at least five large deer head mannikins. Cannot be shipped by air.

Code      Item Description        Ship. Wt.     Price
MP85     17 oz. Aerosol Can      1 lb. 8 oz.     10.30

---

Polytranspar Fin Backing Cream
For almost ten years now, hundreds of game head taxidermists throughout North America have been successfully priming their mannikins with Polytranspar Fin Backing Cream. This quick and economical method is outstanding for preventing drumming between the urethane form and the skin. After sanding the mannikin with coarse sand-paper, apply a thin layer of the Fin Cream to the mannikin (just rub it on with your hands). After it dries in about an hour, you are ready to apply the hide paste of your choice and mount as usual. The skin will now conform to the detail of the mannikin without any lifting or drumming. It's fast, it's easy, and it works!

Code            Item Description           Price
FC101     11 oz. Tube Fin Backing Cream     4.10

---

WASCO Mannikin Scratcher
The perfect form roughing tool designed by Rick Carter. Stiff bristles scratch the surface for better adhesion. Guaranteed to work better than anything else on the market.

Code       Item Description     Price
MR250     Mannikin Scratcher     9.95

---

Stout Ruffer & Slim Ruffer
This handy tool scratches the surface of foam mannikins without removing the detail. Hundreds of teeth uniformly roughen to create an ideal surface for hide pastes to adhere to. The Stout Ruffer can also be used to alter mannikins like a rasp, or to taxi wet skin like a hide puller. Available in two sizes.

Code             Item Description           Price
SR1      Stout Ruffer (1 1/8" wide)       19.60
SRP1     Stout Ruffer Replacement Pad     13.30
SLR2     Slim Ruffer (3/8" wide)          19.05