A quick question
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: USA
Posts: 126
A quick question
I ordered some stuff out of van-dykes to do some antler repair on a couple of sheds and racks I have. I have been looking up as much information as I can about makeing repairs. I'm still a little puzzled as what I should do when I go to staining them. I will be using the metal rod, drillin the hole, then useing apoxie sculpt to make the point. Do I need to do any prep work to the point, like roughin it up? Also when I go to apply the stain (antler stain #2 out of van dykes) I heard some people have difficulty matchin the colors up, so they spray the entire antler with KILZ, would this be a better way to go? Also if I'm doing a bleached antler do I need to spray the KILZ? Thanks for any help...Yea I'm a rookie but hey we all were there sometime. Thanks again.
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 1,210
RE: A quick question
Big - I don't like using Kilz, I think it makes them look fake. If it were me I'd stain them and then if you don't like it Kilz over top of it and start from scratch. As far as the repair, unless I break it I don't repair it, but that's another story. Just drill your hole and do your repair. I haven't repaired many. 2 infact. Hope it helps
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Wall NJ
Posts: 705
RE: A quick question
I ordered some stuff out of van-dykes to do some antler repair on a couple of sheds and racks I have. I have been looking up as much information as I can about makeing repairs. I'm still a little puzzled as what I should do when I go to staining them. I will be using the metal rod, drillin the hole, then useing apoxie sculpt to make the point. Do I need to do any prep work to the point, like roughin it up? Also when I go to apply the stain (antler stain #2 out of van dykes) I heard some people have difficulty matchin the colors up, so they spray the entire antler with KILZ, would this be a better way to go? Also if I'm doing a bleached antler do I need to spray the KILZ? Thanks for any help...Yea I'm a rookie but hey we all were there sometime. Thanks again.
Rich