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black base primer color applied with air brash

Hall of Fame Bust Repair Illustration - Deacon Jones
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This project is the personal plaster bust of David Deacon Jones awarded to him from the NFL PRO Football Hall of Fame. It arrived to Lakeside Pottery Restoration studio broken, cracked, with missing pieces and several layers of previous repair and painting attempts. The photos below show some of the restoration process steps.

Broken plaster bust - deacon jones
Deacon Jones bust base broken the several pieces

bust discolored and cracked
Several cracks
Discolored with layers of paint

Dings and marks		 base broken to fragments
Fragments close up

large crack
Installed copper pegs along the cracks
B72 treatment required for consolidation
Copper pegs

resin mold taking of bust corner
Impression of missing corner - using resin		 resin corner ready
Resin corner
resin corner installed
Resin corner cemented and enforced with copper pegs		 bust base sanded and polished
Fill and sand base		 base ready for coloring
Base ready for coloring

brass pegs inserted in deacon jones cracked bust head
Grind slots for brass pegs in head		 brass pegs epoxied
Epoxy pegs
Fill pegs and create hair texture

black base primer color applied with air brash
Air brush base color		 fine filling and sanding
Fine touch up of pinholes and small marks
Ready for patina brass effect

Gold base patina applied with air brush
Air brush in gold

24 hour cure time at 140 degree F
Cure at 140 degree F for 24 hours		 patina process
Apply patina effects. More about painting
deacon jones bust restored - profile view
Completed - side view

deacon jones bust restored - front view
Complete - front view


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