Post #782835 by danlovestikis on Tue, Jan 2, 2018 10:22 AM

During my time off from the tiki projects I caught up on a few other projects. Here's the first one. I rescued another shell lamp.

I gather all the supplies I will need. Elmer's wood putty, sandpaper, brushes, paints, water, and thick hobby glue.

I use a stiff brush and water to clean out all the dust from the nooks and crannies.

Then I fill all the cracks with the wood putty.

Once it is dry I sand it wearing face mask.

There were some broken shells and I just removed them down to the base.

I mixed acrylic paint and touched up over all the areas that I had puttied.

Usually after being washed the large shell looks good. This time it looked stained and icky. So I got out a ceramic paint and went to work.

Using big globs of thick glue I just find what shells will fit into each nook and cranny. It's so much fun. Before man all the beaches were covered in shells.

The last area to be covered.

All done. Photos with a flash and then without a flash.

I would love to see any lamps that you have enhanced posted here.