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Wash and dry tail as you normally would.
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Lay out the tail (1/2 circle) and tape secondary feathers to themselves.
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Place a small piece of plastic on your work surface (a split sandwich bag works great for this).
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Put Bondo on the plastic and then the tail feather quills on top of the Bondo.
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Put another glob of Bondo on the top of the quills and top this with some excess plastic.
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Sandwich the Bondo'ed quills between the plastic.
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Elevate the Bondo'ed quills and plastic to a 3" height.
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Place each tail feather in its slot on the Fortune Tailer.
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After Bondo has firmed, remove plastic and carve off the excess Bondo.
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Turn the tail over and Bondo a 14 gauge, horseshoe shaped wire to the bottom of the hardened Bondo.