Post #731926 by danlovestikis on Sat, Nov 22, 2014 10:48 AM

hang10tiki I remembered one step left undone on your mug. Here it is...
Rings around the tiny Tiki Bob mug.

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It's Saturday many of you are having fun now or will later so I'll just share another repair job I did for Dan.
Warning she's nude.

Dan couldn't resist this vintage statue for $20. He had fallen so in love he didn't notice that her arms had been broken off and when glued on there were big chunks of glue sticking out. She was also missing fingers and spots of paint here and there. But since she was made of plaster and so incredibly well done I consented to do a repair job. Not a perfect one but enough so he could display her in his tiki jungle room.

This technique can also be used to repair broken tiki mugs etc.

First I broke off some of the chunks of glue.

Next I used Elmer's Wood Filler to build up bracelets around the arm fractures.

With both covered I let her sit for a couple of days. I checked to see if the wood filler had cracked. It hadn't so I didn't need to do more than to sand the bracelets flat.

Her fingers and one toe had also gotten damage in what must have been a bad fall.

Using Elmer's I built the fingers. They dried overnight and

then I used a wet paper towel to sand them.

I was lucky enough to have a ceramic paint that matched her headdress so I painted the bracelets.

To remove the brush strokes I wet my finger and gently ran it over the gold paint.

I finished both bracelets.

I found the right color for the base.

I painted it and let it dry. My last step was to paint all the flesh areas and to paint her finger nails red.

All done and posing.

Dan found a perfect place for her in the tiki jungle room.

Now it's time for a Tiki Hula visit. He should be at the door in 10 minutes. Cheers, Wendy