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I have a mother unicorn whose horn had broken off. Susie was kind enough to send me a replacement horn however i have a small dilemma. The original horns base is still logged in the hole and i have no idea how to get it out so that i can insert the new horn. Any suggestions? In the photo you can see the remaining part from the old horn.
You can start with a few drops of acetone right into the hole to start dissolving the glue, then see if the metal part can be wiggled out.
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Basically what dragonmedly said. I usually use sharp pick tools like those for clay sculpting, and very carefully scrape away the epoxy around the horn stub. Every once in a while I wiggle the horn and check the movement. Be careful with the acetone though, I believe it can eat the gypsum if too much is in there. If your not using the old horn, since susie sent you a new one, if you would like to send the old one to me, my neighbor and I can make a new tang for the broken one. We found a way to drill into the base carefully them and set a new tang/core in them.
If there is anything I can help you with feel free to pm, ill see if I can find the pics from the last unicorn I fixed.
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Always open for pyo commissions, repairs and fine artwork! Email me for current prices! awier(@)weaselsoneasels.comI just recently had to extract the absolute WORST horn embedding I’ve ever done. I made my own tool that proved to be very effective! I took a short sewing needle and wedged it into the base of a hobby knife instead of a blade. That way I could screw the needle in nice and tight to make a very precise and sharp digging tool. It gave a fantastic amount of leverage from the handle and I could efficiently dig out the glue/horn stub with the needle tip. Since the needle is so small it left no damage to the surrounding area. With a lot of patience I was able to dig/loosen the horn stub and remove it. I am definitely keeping that tool for repairs like this in the future. Hope this helps. 🙂
Ooh this info will help me too as I need to replace an old black young uni’s horn. I have a replacement but didn’t know how to get the old one out.
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I’ll be extracting the horns from a Sun Dragon and a Grand Uni shortly. Maybe I ought to take pictures and make a new little tutorial.
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Yes that would be helpful! I still haven’t replaced the horn on my young!
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Hmmm… that could be interesting.
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Thanks for that Lisa, I’ll probably go that route if I can. Maybe I can stream some repairs too.
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