Your video was very helpful! I am repairing a white and pink marble statue of a deco dancer (6 feet tall) one arm, as well as the opposite hand, has broken off. I would like to know more about your color matching process. Thanks!
Thank you for this video! I recently bought a lovely alabaster statue that arrived with broken fingers. It's so hard to find someone local who can fix it, so I may tackle it myself. But just curious, where are you based? Do you ever take repair work?
Superior v-max sv-9 is the resin I use in this video… it has an off-white color so it’s great for working with lighter color marble like alabaster. If your bust has a yellowish tint to it, you can mix resin pigments to color match. The nose on the statue in this video was missing as well. Since I am a ceramicist, I made a nose from ceramics and glued it on, but I could have simply built up some layers with the v-max resin and dremmeled it into shape(this works for layers up to a half inch at a time)… If your bust’s nose is quite large, you can make a new nose by shaping some white air-dry modeling clay into the nose shape, gluing it on, then coating it with resin or oil paint to color match… hope this helps! Let me know if you have more questions!
Hmmm… not sure about the repair portion(since that varies from sculpture to sculpture) …as for cleaning and sealing, use a mixture of dawn dish soap and water and wipe off dust and dirt with a rag… then use mineral oil, petroleum jelly, or even car wax for sealing/polish, but DON’T seal off sections that have chips or need to be repaired, because the oils will make it difficult to reattach pieces. May you be more specific on the type of repair it needs? Perhaps I can help! P.S. Sorry for the late reply, I haven’t checked comments in a while, but I finally got a moment to catch up today!
If your cemetery statue is marble or granite, look up a product called D/2 solution. It’s completely non-toxic and will remove all living organisms such as lichen and moss. No scrubbing and absolutely no damage to the stone. That’s the product they use at Arlington national cemetery. We also use it up here in Canada when we work on old tomb stones and grave markers.
I need to repair a religious statue that was vandalized. Can you send me info on color matching? Thanks the video was very informative and I think i can handle the repair.
Hi Carlos, what part of the process could I help you out with? I tried to jam pack as much info in this video as possible, and it's definitely more info than what's out there, but I can try to make another video with more details if there's something specific you're looking for!
