How To Reproduce A Missing Molding Or Part On Furniture | Silicone Two Part Mold Making Technique 

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Wonderful Video! I have so much of this stuff and I've been trying to find people who will 3D print missing pieces, but it's soooooooo much more work to 3D print antique parts than it would be to do this! Thank you !!!

This has been one of the most valuable videos I have seen. Thank you.

I had always wondered how to do this. . .always seemed complicated. Thanks for the great video.

Completely enthralled by the process. I have taken Fimo - plasticlay- and made molds for tinier things & understood the steps but did not know what to use-or what works best for larger parts. Also, something easier/faster too. Because --- if you start looking up and researching resins and fillers, and molding agents - you find a whole bunch of different products. I wanted to see an actual molded part made for repair. THANK you! I have a wonderful century old picture frame that I've saved for doing this project and now I cannot wait to get started. I am an artist and *sort-of* handy, but it sure does help to see the process in action.

I have an antique mirror with damage. This was an excellent video. Thanks for sharing.

Outstanding video! Thanks, Rod. I'll definitely be putting this one in my bag of tricks!

Great video. How do you get the paint, lacquer, or finish to match so it doesnt stand out?

Great tutorial Rod! Working on an old dresser that’s missing some detail moulding. This is just what I needed to get it completed and bring it back to its original beauty.

Amazing!!! So happy to find this.

How do you color it to match stained furniture rather than painted?

So smart! My turtle butt would look for new handles or appliques or spend a year trying to find the piece.

Great video. Awesome work.

Thanks, just tried this and it worked great!

Thank you, easy to follow, informative and funny

Very interesting and informative. Always wondered how a mold was made.

To start with I like what you do and your concept. I am trying to make a custom hand grip for my Browning buckmark. Would you be able to help

Beautiful!!

Great video. Much appreciated. What did you use to stain/finish the molded piece so it matches the entire piece?

Thank you so much for sharing this video. Just what I wanted to know. I have an antique dresser with some leg details broken off. Was hoping to find some puddy not liquid. Perfect 👍 so grateful

Amazing. You just saved a 100 year old chair and made some people very happy. Where do I find the product links

Fantastic! I’m trying to recreate a candle stick but it’s too large to do in one swoop! Any thought on how to tackle it? It is a height of 9 inches!

Thanks much for the awesome video. How did you attach the resin replacement to the piece of furniture. Thanks, again!

I need support in reproducing part of door molding that the past owner chopped out a section to install a dead bolt. Do you have a video on that or sell kits?

Your instructions are easy to follow. How do you create a mirror image mold. I have a piece of molding on an oval mirror frame which curves to the right (looks like wings) How do I create a mold from this which curves in the opposite direction?

@WeRefinish can you use a stain stead of a paint to finish the fiberglass??

West Systems marine grade fiberglass resin doesn’t have the odor that Bondo has and you can get a fiber powder to mix in.

That is so cool friend! Can you tell me what you used to adhere the piece? Thank You!

Will this work for a decorative piece of wood in the drawer? I have my fathers (RIP) childhood dresser and pieces are missing but I have to make the duplicate pieces needed. I want to restain it. Can you stain these molded pieces?

What do you use for something that has to be wood? I have a decorative piece around a drawer pull on a vintage treadle sewing machine cabinet that I need to reproduce. It can't be painted, just stained to look like oak. Maybe send me a link to another video you have done for something similar? I haven't seen anything you have done like this...yet. You do beautiful work!

Going to search, will fiberglass take latex paint? Plan on making a piece of missing molding for window pane on French door.

What type of adhesive is best to use for a drawer pull? I need it to be really strong. Also, can you drill a screw into this fiberglass without breaking the mold?

We made the pieces and they turned out perfectly with the products you suggested. But the gel stain does not color them. It just wipes back off. Does this need to be applied with a heavy coat, then let it dry and do not wipe it off like we are used to doing with a stain? Does is it work more like a paint? Thank you

can you use a stain on the fiberglass instead of paint?

Do you have any information on this cabinet? It’s amazing!

Would you create a piece of moulding that is not flush against the piece, more like a skirt around a small drawer, in the same way?

Could you do a video on how to fix furniture that has a large crack in it?

Have you ever tried Bondo Wood Filler instead of the Fiberglass Resin?

Great video. I’m gonna use it to reproduce rotten rotten window muntins. But I don’t see the Show More tab - could you tell me what silicone putty product is used? Thx a lot.

I see others have asked without a reply, can you stain this to match the rest of the piece. Obviously painting would be easy, but what if it’s stained?

When your patting it down, how do you know when to stop to be sure it's not thin?

What age is that piece? It’s gorgeous!

what if you need it to be a matching wood piece unpaited,,say stained or a matching wood color,for a chipped clock finial piece of molding on a 130 yr old clock,,what can i use,,its a sliced off half of a finial thats part of the clock case trim on the door.

So, can I clarify, it doesn't hold traditional stain but you can use a wipe on gel stain?

I think your link is wrong for the mold party. I ended up getting two things of resin because Alumalight also makes a resin and your link goes to the rest and not the putty. I just thought I would let you know.

How would you do this with say a medallion that you can't remove from the facing of a piece of furniture but need to duplicate to replace one that is missing?

This is a great video but I totally failed with my attempt! The piece I need to duplicate is chunky with a few odd angles/ concave areas and is still attached to the table. Help?

What would recommend if you wanted to stain the wood, not paint it? I have to create floral medallions which my contractor chipped on a pair of 1900 doors. Is there anything that accepts the stain evenly? He put Bondo on a part of the wood that came off and I heard Bondo is not the best for a bathroom because of shrinking and contracting. Can I sand off the Bondo and skim coat a layer of wood filler? Thank you for your informative video. Please wear a mask as you know. lol

Great video and I love the products you shared. Thank you for the generous information! It looks like the front of the molding you made a mold for and filled with resin ended up facing the back. So you therefore had to recreate the notched look with the sander. It worked because the front of the molding and back of the molding were both flat. But if the existing piece of carved molding on the right had a more rounded front and a flat backside, how could you flip that and make it work? That is my exact predicament. The center drawer on my antique has carved wooden molding flourishes (should be one on each of the lower corners), but the lower left molding is missing. The front of the carved molding is rounded and it lays flat on the back, where it attaches to the drawer. I can take that carved wooden molding and I believe I can reproduce it with the method you showed, but when I flip it like you did the flat side of resin piece would face front and the rounded side would face the drawer. How do I solve that?

Is silicon better than bondo?

How can you make reversed moulding? I have an ornate cabinet with designs on one side going One Direction and on the other side going the opposite direction

What if i have the left part, but missing the right one. And it’s shape is not like square, so simply copying won’t work. How do I mirror-duplicate?

Do you reproduce appliques for the public ? If so how do I contact you ?

Did you color it?

How strong is the fiber part, harder than epoxy ?

Once dried, can the fiberglass resin be drilled to attach to furniture?

What product would I use if I am going to stain it? I have an applique on a stained secretaries desk I want to recreate. I'm thinking I would need to use something besides fiberglass. If I intended on painting the piece, I'd use fiberglass.

my favorite part is when I can breathe in the fumes