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Hummel, Lladro, Lenox or Royal Doulton figurine repair

Make Missing Miniature Part to a Ceramic Figurine
Using a Pin: Lesson 5
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Ceramic & Sculpture Repair Lessons
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Fixing broken plate lesson - basic lesson
Cementing only lesson
Fixing chipped Italian platter lesson step-by-step lesson
Chipped pottery repair lesson
Complete ceramic repair lesson | cementing, filling, painting and glazing
Complete ceramic repair lesson
Repair marble /stone statue requiring metal insertion
Marble / stone sculpture repair
How to Sculpt and Add Missing Pottery Segment
How to Sculpt and Add Missing Pottery Segment
How to Replace Stoneware Crock's rim using the potter's wheelHow to replace Stoneware crock's rim
Madonna ceramic sculpture repair
Madonna ceramic sculpture repair
How to repair crack in ceramic
How to fix ceramic crack
Restoring multi breaks and missing piece antique bowl
Restore bowl lesson w/ missing pieces
Restoring ancient pottery steps
Restoring ancient pottery steps
Lladro figurine - Restoring ceramic sculpture with missing pieces using fired clay
Sculpting missing pieces - Lladro
How to paint broken china, ceramic or pottery?
Painting pottery after repair
Restoring large stone sculpture / statue
Restoring stone sculpture / statue
Cybis Arion Boy on Dolphin - Repair Broken and Missing Finger

This figurine arrived with missing miniature finger. If repaired properly, it's original value of approximately $5,000 can be restored. Due to the very small finger surface area, a metal pin must be instructed through the base of the finger and through the newly made ceramic finger. The precision and use of the right instrumentation is essential to the success of this or any figurines repair and restorations such as Hummel, Lladro, Lenox, Royal Doulton Lomonosov or Sibania figurines.

Cybis arion boy ceramic figuring with missing finger
Broken Figurine
Diamond drill bits - 2mm
Diamond drill bits - 2mm
 Drill a hole through finger base
Drill a hole through finger base		 drilled hole in ceramic
See drilled hole
Make-finger from clay
Make-finger from clay		 Shape finger
Shape finger		 Make a few and fire in kiln
Make a few and fire in kiln		 Kiln fired to 2300 degree F
Kiln fired to 2300 degree F
Drill hole through finger
Drill hole through finger		 Cement to pin and grind to shape
Cement to pin and grind to shape		 Verify dimensions
Verify dimensions		 Verify fitting before cementing
Verify fitting before cementing
Cement finger and hold in place with clay
Cement finger & hold in place w/ clay		 Fill gaps with epoxy filler
Fill gaps with epoxy filler		 Place in 130 degree F for proper cure
Place in 130 degree F for proper cure
 Sand and polish surfaces
Sand & polish surfaces
paint and color repaired areas
Color How to paint repaired ceramic		 glaze reapired area matching sheen and surface texture
Glazed		 restoration completed
Completed


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