Does Anyone Know??

[FortCooper1982]

Hi everyone, emp died a while ago, dont worry im over it now, he was a old boy. I put it in the freezer to stop im going bad he's keep perfect, wondered if anyone knows how to preserve scorps, want to put them on display, any help would be great, cheers dave

 

[carpe scorpio]

Hi everyone, emp died a while ago, dont worry im over it now, he was a old boy. I put it in the freezer to stop im going bad he's keep perfect, wondered if anyone knows how to preserve scorps, want to put them on display, any help would be great, cheers dave

In the FREEZER!?!?!??, you should put them in isopropyl alcohol. If you want to mount them in clear plastic/acrylic, they sell kits at hobby/craft shops for just such purposes.

 

[FortCooper1982]

In the FREEZER!?!?!??, you should put them in isopropyl alcohol. If you want to mount them is clear plastic/acrylic, they sell kits at hobby/craft shops for just such purposes.

Ok, is that all i need to put on him. Just cant bring myself to throw him away as he still looks so cool. Freezer works fine he hasn't aged a bit!

 

[FortCooper1982]

liquid plastic acrylic you mean?????????

 

[8 leg wonder]

do a search, this topic has already been discussed in plenty of threads.

 

[demolitionlover]

Alchohol works great if you have airtight containers. The only thing is they seem to suck in the liquid and they get fatter.
Im looking into resin now. It lets you display them better than in a jar with alchohol. Use the search option here. You can find alot about it. : )

 

[FortCooper1982]

Iv'e used the search didn't help me that much as want him in a frame not a jar, was thinking more along the lines of clear varnish or something like that. Just bought some clear acrylic gloss varnish, sets like rock, hope it works, only got one shot if it doesn't work he will rot away, poor :-(

 

[demolitionlover]

Let me know how it works out for ya.

Read this thread..
http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=45162&highlight=preserving

and look at this resin link..
http://www.atshq.org/articles/rhysresin.pdf