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