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Instructions for Fingerprint Kits
- Make sure the little persons fingers are clean and MUST be dry

- Put the moulding compound into a small pot and add boiling water
- Wait for 2 minutes for it to soften
- Remove gently with tweezers and the compound will be soft
- Put onto a piece of paper towel and gently blot away the excess water (be careful as can mould will still be hot)
- Flatten the compound with rolling pin ( not your hand otherwise you will get a mix of prints) until it becomes about 5 mm thick
- Making sure that the moulding compound isn’t too warm, take your little ones index finger and place it firmly into the mould so that you have a good indentation of their fingertip pad – like when you do finger painting. Please do NOT use thumb prints as they don’t come put as well on the silver.
- I suggest you make three different prints in the same piece of moulding compound so that we can choose the best one.
- If you are not happy with the prints then put the compound into back into boiling water again and start at stage 2
- Let the compound harden (it will still be pliable) and put back in the plastic bag and send it back to me please.