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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;808 raver, post: 10235505, member: 4654&quot;]Any unattached (lifting) shell can be reattached by reactivating the glue underneath with moisture and heat, any missing bits can either be replaced by donor shell or if in a country where this isn&#039;t allowed use coloured wax. I recently asked a professional restorer in this field what it would cost to get my boulle box restored and the cost was worth more than the box. </p><p>I would restore it myself, the first thing I would do is address the lifting by gently heating a metal object to use as a iron, something that holds the heat and small enough to fit the shape of where you are trying to flatten. Keep increasing the heat until it works, far better to be too cold than burn the shell, once you feel it flatten use pressure until the heat dissipates, it should hold after that, use paper between the iron and the shell. Anything with a crack or where the glue might have dried a small drop of water in the crack might just help. For any missing bits get pure beeswax and mix in stain, this is a case of mixing in the colour bit by bit with molten wax and leaving it to harden and seeing if it&#039;s right, once you have the right mix place a big bead on the area you need to fill and use the iron to melt it in place so it stands above the area then use a blade to bring it level. Once all the shell is flat and filled clean the silver and use a beeswax polish, I can&#039;t say what polish to use as I make my own but make sure it won&#039;t affect the shell, using oil (IMO) isn&#039;t great, a wax polish will last.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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