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February 14, 2015
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I am confused about the use of caulk. I have purchased a couple video’s made by a couple different people. They both used caulk but used it at different times during the process. The turkey video shows some caulk being used as the bird is being sewn up but not much. Just around the wing bone and the leg bones where they connect to the body. However, the caulk is used more after the bird is sewn up and mounted on the base. Small incisions were made to insert the caulk into the hackles and so forth so they would stand up. The reason given was that you had about twenty minutes to set the feathers before the caulk set up. On the duck videos I have watched the caulk is put in the wing buts and so forth before the bird is sewn up and no additional caulk was used after the bird was sewn up and on the base.
My question is there different types of caulk that has different hardening times? I went to Lowes and Ace Hardware and it appears they all set up in about the same time period.
Both of the videos I watched were made by well known taxidermists so there is no doubt they know what they are doing. The problem is I have missed something somewhere along the line. lol I would think that if the caulk sets up in twenty minutes or less you wouldn’t be able to manipulate the wings and adjust them if the caulk was used before the body was sewn up. But I seen it done on the video so I know I am missing something.
Silicone caulk sets in 15-20 minutes, latex caulk takes days, both work ! You can use liquid nails, locktite power grab or whatever you are comfortable with!
February 14, 2015
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Thanks Joe. You can tell I don’t know much about caulk. I tried caulking around my bathtub a couple months ago and when I got done I had caulk on everything including myself. It looked like the tube of caulk had blown up.
April 7, 2013
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Silicone caulk is used on the back hackles of turkeys to keep them standing erect on strutters or any partial form of strut. The quick set time means you can get them to stand up and remain up with out hanging upside down, placing cotton batting between the feather rows, or carding until the bird dries, which takes several weeks as opposed to the 30 minute time frame silicone gives you. The rest of the turkey can be caulked with regular acrylic caulk, which gives you days to adjust feathers as the skin dries. On waterfowl and other game birds, silicone is not necessary, as you usually are not wanting feathers to stick up, so acrylic caulk, with it’s slower dry time, is a more desirable caulk to use. Some seasoned pro’s use silicone on the whole bird, but you gatta be good and fast for that.
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