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<p>[QUOTE="Dave47, post: 582081, member: 10417"]"Fussy stuff" is repaired by museums - but the key is simple - modeling clay and plaster.</p><p><br /></p><p>First of all - use modeling clay to make an impression of a goodly section of the "fussy stuff."</p><p><br /></p><p>Then make the other half of your mold by making a positive impression of the damaged stuff. The space<i> between the two molds</i> is what you want to fill with the plaster goop.</p><p><br /></p><p>Use plaster goop to make the resultant "repair" segments (absolute perfection is not required, by the way, as you can add small bits of plaster by hand later).</p><p><br /></p><p>Put the "fixes" in place - gluing (well -- you do need the stuff to dry first). Then use the "best match" coloring you can and you are done ("gilding paint" if that is what you need.</p><p><br /></p><p>The result does not need to be perfect - only enough to not yell at the viewer. Remember that on old frames, the "fussy stuff" was plaster in the first place.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have even heard of "freehand" repairs using spackling compound!</p><p>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dave47, post: 582081, member: 10417"]"Fussy stuff" is repaired by museums - but the key is simple - modeling clay and plaster. First of all - use modeling clay to make an impression of a goodly section of the "fussy stuff." Then make the other half of your mold by making a positive impression of the damaged stuff. The space[I] between the two molds[/I] is what you want to fill with the plaster goop. Use plaster goop to make the resultant "repair" segments (absolute perfection is not required, by the way, as you can add small bits of plaster by hand later). Put the "fixes" in place - gluing (well -- you do need the stuff to dry first). Then use the "best match" coloring you can and you are done ("gilding paint" if that is what you need. The result does not need to be perfect - only enough to not yell at the viewer. Remember that on old frames, the "fussy stuff" was plaster in the first place. I have even heard of "freehand" repairs using spackling compound! .[/QUOTE]
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