I'm not an artist or a true crafts person, but I would like to repair some antique lamps for a baby boy's room. These lamps appear to be made from plaster of paris. They are 3 dimensional.. of a little boy standing up, petting a goose. The boy is wearing overalls & baseball cap.
The base of the lamp has chips on it, the goose has some dings and it's tail needs to be refashioned. The little boys clothes need to have some chips filled in. Then repainted. Is This possible? please Advise! Please, talk in laymens terms ..... Comments are Sincerely Appreciated...I want to have these for my 1st grandsons room...due in May
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Just curious if you saw that the name of this website is TAXIDERMY.net? You know.. taxidermy.. skinning dead animals and things of that nature?
For the chips simply make up some plaster of paris and add it to the chipped area. For breaks - seal the broken area with clear acrylic then once dried - superglue them back together. Paint and seal with clear acrylic.
Just mix and fill where needed, you need to over fill a bit to allow for shinkage. Hope you made mud pies as a child. Use the mix as directed, with damp fingers, push and smooth into place. Let cure overnite and lightly sand until smooth.
Several years back 25 or so, plaster painting took on a great following, much like ceramics.
The paints when dried looked flat i.e. no-gloss, so they had to be glossed with a clear.
You can test this with a bit of lacquer thinner on a paper towel and scrubb.
Ceramics should be very shiney like dinner plates.
Either way test and see if paint witth stick Walmart of Hobby lobby craft (NOT ARTIST OILS) paints.
You should be happy no one is posting political crap in "your" category.
another scalding and loud mouthed jerk response from master raven and you need a good a#$ whippin. and by the way know it all wet plaster wont stick to dry plaster jerk!
You can certainly repair plaster by adding wet plaster to dry plaster. How do you think they repaired lathe plaster walls for decades? I've repaired a LOT of plaster things easily - you just have to mix it properly... John and I can both do it... if you can't - well thats your inexperience - not the fault of the plaster.
And as far as this being "my" cateogry? Hardly.. it is WASCOs TAXIDERMY site with a section devoted to molding and casting as it pertains to taxidermy.
You'll also notice that I STILL told her how to do it - unlike the guys other than John above who offered no help at all...
And 'sick of raven'? Instead of running your mouth here - why dont ya email me? Or better yet - give a better answer to her question yourself if ya dont like mine.
instead of mailing you i think since I live on the black river near watertown i should come on up and visit with you then lets go ahead and run your smart mouth "skinning dead animals and things of that nature?" if thats whay you think taxidermy is all about you got alot to learn big mouth you can bank on seeing me soon jerk
Debra if you call me at (705)476-0483 I will explain what to do it's very easy,this way you will not have to hear all this B.S. on here.
Laurier
I regret having mistakenly entered into RAVEN's site. This site popped up when i asked Jeeves...How to Repair Plaster of Paris!.... Whoooah... what a hornet's nest!
I should have looked more closely to the name of the site itself, instead I just entered in from the back door. I'm new to the internet as well.. Yes I've climed out from under the Glacier Rocks!
For all you very kind folks who indulged me with a response, and who responded to Raven in my defense... Thank you very much. Your input is sincerely appreciated.
For You Raven...Please Lighten Up! You'll Give yourself a heart attack! Life is to short to be as Uptight and Miserable as you seem to be! If you meant to be intimidating...You were not.
thanks again... Debra
Nice acid tongue. Do you simply ignore the fact that I DID tell you exactly how to make your repairs? Selective denial always intrigues me. Moreover, I was the first one to offer you advice on what to do... then John elaborated after that. Yet you act like ALL I did was lash out and offer no advice whatsoever.
So I pointed out the fact that this site is geared towards taxidermy.. big deal.. it IS geared towards taxidermy how am I wrong in addressing that fact?
See what I mean? You are so angry? I appreciate the fact that you answered my question, and it certainly is okay to point out the fact I entered the wrong door, however... learn some tact and diplomacy.
Your caustic tongue hurts you, more than it does me. If you don't belive it, ask a cardiologist! Your approach is downright rude and uncalled for. I bet you dont have many true friends. Maybe my notation could be a clue for you. Sincerely, I hope you find something that makes you happy, cause you are the type that thinks everyone should put up with you....quite frankly, no one has to put up with you.
You are probably a very lonely person, which quite frankly you cant blame your bitterness on idiots like me who enter the wrong freeking web site. GET OVER IT. *(the previous meant as a way to help you see yourself as you are) I will not be continuing communication... Hope you get well.... soon....
Why you chose to turn my comments into something so personal is something I am still contemplating. In any event, you must be one of the most wealthy individuals I know. Why repair a lamp when surely you can afford to buy dozens of new ones? Your ability to analyze people from a couple of paragraphs is astounding! Surely Dr. Debra, all your patients pay kingly sums to have access to your vast intellect? You can determine all aspects of their lives from a just few mere words on a screen? That is incredible! Too bad it's also wrong.. I'm far from unhappy or lonely. Do not for a moment confuse passion in text with stress and anxiety. Take a stroll through the taxidermy industry category and you find a plethora of posts far more aggitated than what you incorrectly perceive this one to be. The one thing you are correct about is that no one has to put up with me as the 'back' button is always available to them. Nice try tho =)
There have been many before you who haven't liked my forward 'caustic' attitude and I am sure there will be many others after you have long forgotten about this site.
Ya can't please everyone and I do not aim to. George and Bill taught me that and I thank them for it. They've received more 'hate mail' here from people who did not like how they answered a post more than anyone I know.
The bottom line is; hopefully the advice presented in this thread helps you with your project. Good luck and have fun - it's an easy and rewarding fix. It's just not taxidermy related was my only point.
the Anne Landers of the molding category is more often than not arrogant, self elivating and down right rude, let alone childlike and redundent. please excuse the attitude of his posts as non professional, better than and crude law to say the least. I too made the same mistake of stepping into his territory and have been scorned and scolded for my differance of oppinion, and wrong choice of category. it seem to me that molding is molding whatever you are chosing to mold, wether it is candy or a bumper. and you are so right Debra, the molding category of the taxi net has turned into "ravens world"! and don't forget that, after all he is the most knowledgeable person on molding to ever grace this forum !
Is that this is not my category - nor is it a bumper category or a candy category. It is a molding and casting category for taxidermy - it really doesnt get any more simple than that. And as far as molding being molding? Only someone who has not done molding in differnet areas woudl say that - for there are MANY differences from how you approach the project down to what materials you would use.
At the end of the day, my posts help more people than they offend I'm sure - so if I step on a couple of toes along the way - Im certainly not losing any sleep over it. It's unfortunate but theres not much that can be done. And for the reord - I've answered hundreds of questions - if I'm 'rude' or 'arrogant' in a couple of them directed at questions that arent even taxidermy related - that hardly makes me rude or arrogant in general.. stop being so sensitive.
Don't even try and argue with Raven. No offense to the ladies out here. But to argue with Raven is hopeless. He's like a women with PMS. He knows everything, been everywhere, and has done everything. With a person like Raven, and his arrogence, you'll never get in a word edgewise. He doesn't know when to stop. And he'll argue the point until he get the last word in.
I've been working with plaster for 20 years in sculpture, many types of gyp products and yes wet plaster sticks to dry... in casual ref. yet more accuratly said, unset plaster sticks to set plaster because I know I must wet the set plaster first. That's how I patch bubbles and cracks.
For the beginner; you can use a sponge or brush to wet the dry plaster and the same to apply fresh plaster. If you don't do this, the dry plaster will suck all the water from the fresh plaster and it will not set properly turning back into powder. You can just "spot wet" the dry plaster then apply wet plaster with a small pointed brush. The wet plaster will draw down into the drier plaster but you can just keep touching more wet plaster to the patch. You can smooth off the patch by gentle brush strokes of water as the patch begins to harden. Beware that the cured patch will be harder and denser than the surrounding plaster and will effect sanding.
HOWEVER in large/thick masses there is no real need as the new plaster has enough water in it to spare, especially if stirred for approx 5 minutes before pouring. WET TO DRY CAN CREATE AN EVEN BETTER "STICK" if you know what you're doing, as the plaster becomes very dense and hard at the contact surface Use a ratio of 2.5 lbs to 5 lbs plaster\hydrostone for each 1 qt. Plaster is very forgiving in the mix. Just get a good creamy texture.
I came here in search of tech info re: plaster sealents but whoooOoo! Who cares now. Some of you people must have been eating plaster because it seems to have set in your hardened hearts and your hardened asses too. (That's not a compliment by the way.) Get some therapy. I hope you "last word folks" don't have children or pets. They'll wind up jumping off bridges from the stress.
P.S. Searches for answers brings people to sites like this. SO GET A FREAKIN..... Sorry, I now I've become like you..... See how you effect others?
Thank gawd for IRemus and his above post. Dang raven....get a life!