Anybody have a good glue to repair a broken Hartebeest skull?
Thanks.

TJ,

Firstly, I am not a taxidermist so take this reply forwhat its worth!

For minor repairs to some roe European skull mounts, I have used ordinary super glue and it seems to work ok.

How extensively is the skull damaged? If its very bad, you might want to use someting like expoxy "putty" on the inside to provide additional support/strength.

Colour can be added to the eppoxy using ordinary paints...I think I used some oil paints, but experiment a little first...

Regards,

Pete

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For minor repairs to some roe European skull mounts, I have used ordinary super glue and it seems to work ok.

I used gel super glue to repair a badger skull. I was strongly reccomended (either here or on a Swedish forum) to use the gel super glue, not the ordinary. It worked fine for me.

Regards,
Martin

Thanks for the responses. Here's a bad pic of the skull.

I would agree with dogcatcher.
Theres a few 2 part epoxies that will do that job.

I always use Elmers Glue, never had a problem. Not a Taximan but have an extensive skull collection due to my in Rabies Lab and that is how I always put everyone back together

Use a good two part epoxy, or fiberglass reinforced resin. You may even want to drill a hole and use a short dowel or metal rod to pin it. When it is dry, hide the seam as described above. Elmers glue is no good for this IMO. For small repairs or gluing teeth it may be okay but I would not rely on it to hold the weight of that horn. Good luck.

A good body fiberglas resin wirh fiberglas chopped matting in it would work great, fill both peices with the mixture and push together. There is enough ruff edges to bond the two pieces together by themeselves. Clean off all excess with acetone. When dry if needed touch up wit a flat white satin finish spray paint.