Using Regular Set Maché

Regular Set Maché is the standard type of mache that most of our customers have been using for decades. This has the setting time preferred by most professional taxidermists.

Mixing Instructions:

Mix enough water with the Maché to obtain the consistency of bread dough, this is approximately 5 ounces of water to every pound of Maché.

Set time for Regular Set Maché is approximately 60 minutes and full cure is obtained in 24 hours. Optimum set conditions are 70 degrees and 50 percent humidity. Set time can vary greatly depending on temperature, humidity, water pH and minerals found in your water.

Increase set time: To speed up set time use hot water or a small percentage of salt.

Decrease set time: To slow down the set time use cold water or add a small percentage of flour.

Keep Out of Reach of Children

For Industrial Use Only

Note: Van Dyke's Taxidermy Supply Co. offers these instructions in an advisory capacity and assumes no liability. Such information is the same as used in our own successful experiments, and since we have no control over the environment or the materials upon which our products or instructions will be used, no success is guaranteed. Trial must be performed to account for individual circumstances. In all suggestions, we recommend reading the formulas that have been provided for your evaluation. These are proven formulas that you may find beneficial, from the experience of other tanners.

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