How To Clean A Turtle Shell I Found Written By Woods Thomfor1997 Sunday, March 13, 2022 Add Comment Edit A few weeks ago my aunt gave me a painted turtle shell (the brood of turtle, information technology'southward not actually painted) she had found. Its kind of old looking and some of the vanquish is starting to peal off from the bone. I'm not fifty-fifty sure where to begin on cleaning it, I oasis't fifty-fifty ran information technology under some h2o to become off some of the clay and spider webs, I'm scared information technology volition harm the pealing off office of the shell. Besides almost of the vertebrae and the hips are still attached, I'm wanting it to stay that way but I'm not certain if they volition eventually fall apart. Any help or suggestions would exist squeamish totally stumped here ??? i just put a painted turtle shell dorsum together. i took off the scutes (the fiddling papery parts) and it vicious autonomously. information technology was a lot easier to reassemble than i thought. the unabridged trounce was 61 pieces merely i lost two. its your telephone call whether yous desire to leave them on there or not. i take one with them and ane without. http://www.taxidermy.net/forum/index.php/topic,284742.0.html Id like to keep the leathery embrace on if I can, they have such nicely colored shells. How exactly did you clean the still leathery covered i without it falling off? I know if I even effort to scrub some of the dirt off it volition accept off the leather. if they come off you tin can glue them back on. i found that turtle freshly dead so i just cut off the arms legs and head and then put it in a bucket, covered and left it in the woods for a calendar week or two then when i came dorsum it was by and large make clean. after that i put borax in the trounce to get the rest of the moisture out. you lot tin can utilise some cotton balls with water or other cleaning substance to become the dirt off without existence to vehement on the scutes. apply q-tips for the small areas. i did that with a small snapper shell i found this summer. when i found information technology it was im many pieces. so it did non go together al the way. i hot glued some wire to the back to hold it together. http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/5988975445/in/photostream http://world wide web.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/5988976617/in/photostream/ Oh ok thanks, do they demand to be degreased or annihilation? and will the spin detach from the shell? or is it fused? each vertebrae is in 2 pieces, a top and lesser. the top stays with the shell and the bottom comes off. EDIT: since information technology was found information technology lay or may have to be degreased, the shell i posted links to was non degreased. if information technology looks greasy yous may want to do information technology just that will surely make the scutes come up off and it volition fall apart if yous exit it in to long. i did non degrease the painted turtle shell with the scutes on it as it was completely covered and you would non see information technology. if all the scutes are on yours i would only clean it with cotton balls and leave it alone. It must be the top role of the vertebrae and then, what well-nigh the hips? exercise they stay attached as well? Close Menu Home Forums Search Forums Recent Posts Media Members Notable Members Current Visitors Recent Activity New Profile Posts Links Search Source: https://www.taxidermy.net/threads/284871/ Posted by: tierneycanothed.blogspot.com Share this post
A few weeks ago my aunt gave me a painted turtle shell (the brood of turtle, information technology'southward not actually painted) she had found. Its kind of old looking and some of the vanquish is starting to peal off from the bone. I'm not fifty-fifty sure where to begin on cleaning it, I oasis't fifty-fifty ran information technology under some h2o to become off some of the clay and spider webs, I'm scared information technology volition harm the pealing off office of the shell. Besides almost of the vertebrae and the hips are still attached, I'm wanting it to stay that way but I'm not certain if they volition eventually fall apart. Any help or suggestions would exist squeamish totally stumped here ???
i just put a painted turtle shell dorsum together. i took off the scutes (the fiddling papery parts) and it vicious autonomously. information technology was a lot easier to reassemble than i thought. the unabridged trounce was 61 pieces merely i lost two. its your telephone call whether yous desire to leave them on there or not. i take one with them and ane without. http://www.taxidermy.net/forum/index.php/topic,284742.0.html
Id like to keep the leathery embrace on if I can, they have such nicely colored shells. How exactly did you clean the still leathery covered i without it falling off? I know if I even effort to scrub some of the dirt off it volition accept off the leather.
if they come off you tin can glue them back on. i found that turtle freshly dead so i just cut off the arms legs and head and then put it in a bucket, covered and left it in the woods for a calendar week or two then when i came dorsum it was by and large make clean. after that i put borax in the trounce to get the rest of the moisture out. you lot tin can utilise some cotton balls with water or other cleaning substance to become the dirt off without existence to vehement on the scutes. apply q-tips for the small areas. i did that with a small snapper shell i found this summer. when i found information technology it was im many pieces. so it did non go together al the way. i hot glued some wire to the back to hold it together. http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/5988975445/in/photostream http://world wide web.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/5988976617/in/photostream/
Oh ok thanks, do they demand to be degreased or annihilation? and will the spin detach from the shell? or is it fused?
each vertebrae is in 2 pieces, a top and lesser. the top stays with the shell and the bottom comes off. EDIT: since information technology was found information technology lay or may have to be degreased, the shell i posted links to was non degreased. if information technology looks greasy yous may want to do information technology just that will surely make the scutes come up off and it volition fall apart if yous exit it in to long. i did non degrease the painted turtle shell with the scutes on it as it was completely covered and you would non see information technology. if all the scutes are on yours i would only clean it with cotton balls and leave it alone.
It must be the top role of the vertebrae and then, what well-nigh the hips? exercise they stay attached as well?
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