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[See Part 1 for the beginning of the process -- I've posted this in two parts due to the limit of ten photos per post. Part 1: http://forum.talkingmachine.info/viewto ... =7&t=16244 -- Cody]



With the grille up on blocks, let the epoxy set for an hour, or according to the manufacturer's directions.
Turn the grille over, and place it on a flat surface with the mould now on top. Carefully lift off the mould. This should leave you with a repair that can be trimmed of excess with an exacto knife and the edges smoothed with very fine sandpaper if need be.
Brush on some stain to give the new piece a head start toward matching the rest of the grille.
Glue and clamp to repair any other loose pieces the grille might have.
You should now have an intact grille that you can stain and finish to artfully camouflage the section that has been replaced.
Though the turnings on this particular grille are simpler than many, this method can be used to repair other styles of grilles as long as you have (or have access to) an example of the piece you need to copy. It's also been used to replace missing sections of general mouldings. It does no harm to the wood being copied from.

Good luck!

Very well done.

Thanks for sharing the technique.

George P.

Neat repair, Cody!

Very nice indeed great job one would never know the difference artfully done!
Dwight

Excellent work! Thanks for sharing.

I'm a little late on this, but very nicely done. I'll store that bit of knowledge away for when I need it.

Well done,
Scott

Cody, You did a great job. By the time this project is done, it will be hard to tel what is original, and what was repaired. Fantastic work!!
Harvey Kravitz

Freakin' Brilliant!

Bravo, Bravo!

Wes

It is amazing what can be done with the epoxy resin by people like Cody who have a lot more talent than I do. When I first bought my Credenza, which had been in a storage unit for decades, termites had had a feast on the bottom plate of the cabinet, leaving some significant holes in the front and some weak areas as well. The cabinet maker who repaired it for me used this technique (after a good fumigation to make sure all the little critters were deceased) and now I can't find where the damage was.

Clay