Temporary Mounts for Preparation

Amy Davidson

American Museum of Natural History

Finger pressure

Temporary mount

Finger pressure on a plaster backing plate

Embedding in Carbowax

Tacked with adhesive

Plaster: the blob and press technique

Plaster: the partial burial technique

A surform tool

Tacking at a few points with blobs of Paraloid B-72

The plaster bed and Carbowax technique

The plaster bandage backing plate technique

Plaster bandage and foil: the burrito technique

Aluminum foil: lips and bases

a clamp for freshly repaired bone

a quick base

Blu-tack

Carbowax

cyclododecane

Carbowax

cyclododecane

Some wax working tools

electric wax pen with rheostat

a battery operated Max-Wax pen

an electric kistka