After being excoriated by several people for not having any new posts for a while, I've come up with something. While I have been stripping paint off a mantel, it is not really blog-worthy, so here are some before and during pics of my new old frame.
You can see that is has a significant amount of missing gesso appliques. When I bought it there was a baggie of pieces that had fallen off. When I got home I washed the frame with a toothbrush and water and glued the pieces back on.
I needed an intact corner piece to replace the one that was mostly gone. One of them was almost complete so I made up some of my
Amazing Mold Putty and applied it. I also made some casts of trim.
It looks really good. I added the parts that were missing and touched up the missing trim.
It is taking longer to dry than the Paper Clay that I used before. The store was out of
Paper Clay so I had to get something else. It is taking longer to dry and I hope it sticks as well. It's called Super Dough.
When this is dry I will seal the clay and paint it.