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Aleksandr Ermakov, 02.12.2007 15:02

Sometimes it happens that Bam!!! and the segment, tendril, paw disappear. Colleagues, do you somehow restore them or just throw out the wreckage?
To be honest, I am a sinner, I sometimes glue beetles. Sometimes more than necessary. Only for the most valuable examples, I make this digression: I glue all the PVA fragments to the die and pin them under the object.
Previously , I could collect insects entirely, in segments, when I got such material from the "forty parts" .

This post was edited by scarabee - 02.12.2007 15: 03

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02.12.2007 17:11, Mylabris

If the instance is valuable , then of course, you should tinker and glue all the fallen parts together. If the view is banal, then there is probably a "stash" on the mattresses - I take a new one, carefully mount it and put it in place of a disabled person.
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02.12.2007 19:06, Bad Den

I glue large ones if a large spare part has fallen off (the entire leg or mustache). And small and small segments-no.

02.12.2007 21:08, Victor Titov

Glue, like all, of course, large and medium-sized beetles. PVA is good: it holds firmly and is transparent after drying, so with a certain accuracy, it is practically invisible (at first glance) at the joints. It is much more offensive than a "minor breakdown" of a whole beetle (you can still restore it) when you find a valuable disabled person: there are no spare parts for it!
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02.12.2007 23:20, Zhuk

I glue the sawyere of butterflies(I hate this procidura!). But in Zhukov et al. current large spare parts.

02.12.2007 23:29, AntSkr

I do not glue the whiskers of butterflies, because firstly, they will still come off if soaked, and secondly, they are easy to break.
to Zhuk, have you ever tried to glue a mustache on a shovel or a moth?

02.12.2007 23:37, rpanin

Banals usually don't break, even if they fall. But here are the valuable copies. for some reason, they often break. frown.gif I used to glue PVA . Now I switched to BF-6.It is more plastic. Only it is necessary to moisten the insect's limb with 70-80% alcohol beforehand. This helps the fine drop of glue to dry less quickly. In general, gluing small beetles is a nervous and filigree job that requires microsurgical skills. Here sometimes without 100gr. it doesn't work out wink.gif
By the way, I learned a useful tip (BF-6) from this forum.

02.12.2007 23:37, Zhuk

to Zhuk, have you ever tried to glue a mustache on a shovel or a moth?

There was a case, like everything is normally glued. Here I remember one Urania mustache glued, almost cursed everything. It's still broken in the middle...Then I had to collect them under a magnifying glass like lego. I try not to mess with them anymore smile.gif. Yes, on PVA glue, as well as all here.

03.12.2007 0:01, Bad Den

I glue on transparent nail polish - it is not afraid of water smile.gif
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03.12.2007 15:07, Mylabris

I in such a varnish and permanent preparations sometimes do (Genitaliyyu usykiY vas deferens, etc.). An adequate alternative to the Canadian balm.
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03.12.2007 22:24, Nikolaj Pichugin

And I glue on the "Moment crystal". It is transparent, durable, not afraid of water and dries quickly. Very convenient.
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04.12.2007 20:26, Трофим

Glue PVA, slightly diluted with water. The very class when, for example, a beetle has a tendril directly in the joint enters from the first time. Once I restored a large weevil 1.5-2 cm crushed by a foot. As new came out.

06.12.2007 21:28, Dabr

But I wonder if there are any that do not fundamentally repair at all?

06.12.2007 21:29, AntSkr

But isn't the scientific value of the glued copy lost?

06.12.2007 21:52, RippeR

there are even some that throw out slightly damaged beetles, slightly worn butterflies too..

06.12.2007 21:55, RippeR

scientific value ex - label, everything else on the beard smile.gif

06.12.2007 22:01, AntSkr

there are even some that throw out slightly damaged beetles, slightly worn butterflies too..

It still depends on what kind, if banal-then why keep a bad copy, if you can easily catch better?

07.12.2007 11:18, Victor Titov

It still depends on what kind, if banal-then why keep a bad copy, if you can easily catch better?

Well, there's also such a thing as sentimentality smile.gif. It is a pity to throw a ruined beetle in the trash in vain, if you have damaged it yourself, by carelessness (especially when spreading or storing it)... If you come across something rare and interesting in nature, or something that is not yet in the collection, then you should take it regardless of whether all the whiskers are still in place. And if you need to take a banal for a geographical "point" or a seasonal date, then I, of course, let the disabled person go. His life was already ruined.
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08.12.2007 16:37, Grigory Grigoryev

"Isn't the scientific value of the glued copy lost?"

Write on the back of the label what was returned to its place, or taken from another ex (same type or not). So that in the future, if the collection does merge into SOMETHING big and scientific, posterity will not have any questions . I think so.

12.12.2007 13:06, Дзанат

I in such a varnish and permanent preparations sometimes do (Genitaliyyu usykiY vas deferens, etc.). An adequate alternative to the Canadian balm.

Please tell me how you can dissolve the Canadian balm. (if I have itfrown.gif, I do not know what was used in the early 20th century?

12.12.2007 13:36, omar

In turpentine and chloroform
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28.12.2007 8:16, EcoLog

if I glue, then only my relatives and write on the label what exactly I glued or just on the die.
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30.12.2007 2:23, Cosmos

BUT HOW NOT TO GLUE?! EVERY TENDRIL! (TRUE, NOT TO THE BODY, BUT TO THE PASTIQUE TRIANGLE WITH THE INSTANCE) OR GO CATCH A NEW ONE.... ESPECIALLY SINGLE ONES )))) BETTER PVA WHILE I HAVE NO NICHO))

22.08.2010 20:19, fayst79

GLUE MOMENT-TRANSPARENT polyurethane.
quickly grasps and is not visible

excuse me-nitrocellulose transparent or colorless

This post was edited by fayst79 - 08/22/2010 22: 03

23.08.2010 4:28, Liparus

Transparent water-soluble adhesive * Moment* for wallpaper.The cost of packaging is about 2 pupaars (200-300 grams in a package).It is necessary to mix in small containers (powder + clean cold water), enough for 2 nidels.The main thing is to hermetically seal the remaining mixture. For half a year, I spent 90% of the pack on beetles .Manufacturer-Germany (Written on the Package)

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