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Restoring a 65 Year Old Cement Statue
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Lucille T
(IC: homeowner)
I still have a statue of a bear my Father got in about 1945. It was painted as a polar bear then. We have since painted it as a black bear. It is now at home at my daughters house in Ebensburg PA, We put it on the porch to paint. A storm came up and the wind blew over that 300 lb bear and broke into pieces. This DIY is about restoring him. I hope you enjoy our project. It was a group effort. My Daddy was looking down and guiding us.
I had done some research on the internet to get info to do this. One of the monument companies I called told me about the Bondo used in body shops on cars. Without that we would not have been able to repair this part of my history. I am very happy and excited to create a lovely home for him by the woods. Enjoy.
Joy Ritenour Tomchik (on FB)
I had done some research on the internet to get info to do this. One of the monument companies I called told me about the Bondo used in body shops on cars. Without that we would not have been able to repair this part of my history. I am very happy and excited to create a lovely home for him by the woods. Enjoy.
Joy Ritenour Tomchik (on FB)
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Published July 12th, 2013 11:31 AM
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Carroll G. on Oct 05, 2015Personally I never noticed any zippers, to bad someone would say something like that. I found this very interesting. Projects are always so much more rewarding when there is a personal connection. I hope Mr. Bear has a long life...
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Dawn Harris Bybee on Oct 05, 2016interesting and helpful.
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