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Lip Repair Questions - 9/9/2006 8:42:54 PM    stinger haut   Posts: 518 Joined: 6/7/2006 Status: offline Hi, I just finished tumbling my light olive taper top soda and its ready for a major lip repair. I was wondering if I should cut away the area around the break or just form my dam and pour the resin? Which would have the best looking results? Thanks, Stinger Haut Post #: 1

RE: Lip Repair Questions - 9/10/2006 8:37:39 AM    bearswede Posts: 2910 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Hi Stinger... I would just form the dam and pour away!!! I've had pretty good luck with lip repairs and even with repairing holes... Ron _____________________________ "I LOVE Wolfies!!!!!!!!!!!!" (in reply to stinger haut) Post #: 2

RE: Lip Repair Questions - 9/10/2006 3:50:32 PM    stinger haut   Posts: 518 Joined: 6/7/2006 Status: offline Hi Ron, Thank you for your response. The bottle is a very light green/olive. So, do you think that if I don't smooth out the jagged edges from the lip that they will show up in the repaired bottles lip as being jagged? Stinger (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 3

RE: Lip Repair Questions - 9/11/2006 7:35:01 AM    bearswede Posts: 2910 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Hi Stinger... Here's a link to a repair thread... near the bottom of the first page you can see a repair I did... I think it looks pretty good and I don't think smoothing the scars would have made any difference... http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/Broken_umbrella_ink/m_44783/tm.htm Ron _____________________________ "I LOVE Wolfies!!!!!!!!!!!!" (in reply to stinger haut) Post #: 4

RE: Lip Repair Questions - 9/12/2006 1:04:06 AM    stinger haut   Posts: 518 Joined: 6/7/2006 Status: offline Hi Ron, WOW! Nice job on that ink. I will try repairing the bottle just the way it is and will let you know how it turns out. Thank a lot, Stinger (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 5

RE: Lip Repair Questions - 9/12/2006 6:41:26 AM    bearswede Posts: 2910 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline quote: Nice job on that ink. Actually, Stinger, it was the Adirondack mineral water that was repaired, not the ink... Ron _____________________________ "I LOVE Wolfies!!!!!!!!!!!!" (in reply to stinger haut) Post #: 6

RE: Lip Repair Questions - 9/12/2006 6:18:24 PM    stinger haut   Posts: 518 Joined: 6/7/2006 Status: offline Hi Ron, Sorry about that, however your repair on the lip was more informative because I could see what you did. Did you lightly carve the lines to match the existing ones on the lip? Stinger (in reply to bearswede) Post #: 7

RE: Lip Repair Questions - 9/12/2006 8:17:36 PM    bearswede Posts: 2910 Joined: 9/28/2004 From: western mass Status: offline Hey Stinger... I used scotch tape to form a mold, colored the resin to match the bottle and worked the resin into the mold... After a few days, I removed the tape to let it dry completely... It doesn't make a completely invisable repair, but it does make for a nice display... And it prevents the bottle from being passed off as undamaged... Ron _____________________________ "I LOVE Wolfies!!!!!!!!!!!!" (in reply to stinger haut) Post #: 8

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