On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 09:04:08AM -0400, Al Krigman wrote: > [36 lines, 308 words, 1821 characters] Top characters: etnioash > > In a message dated 6/2/03 7:12:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > > Does anyone have a reference for someone who can rebuild the dentils > > and other detail on Victorian houses? I have a bay with some rotten > > dentils and another with some rotten metal work. Not a lot of work, > > but special enough. > > > > Dentils: You might consider taking the existing wood dentils down > completely -- if they're beginning to decay, fixing part may not > preclude further degeneration later. Lowe's has a good selection of > expanded foam mouldings, including several sizes of dentil crown > mouldings, that you can use to replace what you have. I dare anyone > with less than a PhD in architectural restoration to tell the > difference between these elements and the "real thing." > > Metal work: If the rotting isn't too extensive, you might try the > solution we've used with success. Bondo. The stuff Pep Boys (et all) > sell for repairing car bodies. Once it hardens -- typically half an > hour since it's a two-component epoxy product, it's easily sanded > and -- when painted -- blends in perfectly with the metal (as you'd > expect given its use for auto body work). Depending on what you have > to "fill," you might have to use this in conjunction with some kind > of structural support medium -- we've used wire lath, fiberglass > cloth, and -- when there's "nothing" behind the metal, a > foam-in-place product such as "Great Stuff;" with the foam, let it > harden (it'll expand inside and outside the area), then trim off the > excess with a margin of about 1/4 inch "inside" -- it can be very > rough -- then apply the Bondo.
Good suggestions, thanks. Of course, I still need someone to do the work. It's more time on a ladder than I want to do. -- Jeff Jeff Abrahamson <http://www.purple.com/jeff/> GPG fingerprint: 1A1A BA95 D082 A558 A276 63C6 16BF 8C4C 0D1D AE4B ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
