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How to repair this very fine Art Deco molding?
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I’m pondering a couple of options on repairing this headboard’s tiny wood molding.
It’s “memory” has been in this position a long time & isn’t going to happily go back to its original position with this kind of damage.
TIA.
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I would use wood glue and painters tape to hold in place till the glue dries. Then use some Minwax wood putty to form the molding. Once hard lightly sand to form the molding. Minwax stain marker to touch up the stain color.
You can remove dents from wood with steam. I recently found this video and was amazed at how well it worked. Skip to the 2 minute and 44 second mark of the video. https://youtu.be/SaDirPqvWGc
I eould use wood putty which can be stained to match the finish. Then just sand lightly and press into the dent and smooth the edges so the repair will be invisible.
Hello I would fill the defects with wood stainable wood filler putty and carefully sand the edges to get the proper curves. A potential aid might be an emery board to do the sanding. The emery board is nice and stiff and able to get into the edges and tiny areas.
Thanks everyone. I’m going to use a combination of most of the methods.
A better detail shot of the challenge.
IF you cannot return it to the original position, you could cut or chisel that section out completely. Use a hot glue gun to cover an intact section. Allow it to dry and then use the glue as a mold to recreate a new section that you can glue into the proper position. You can fill the glue mold with bondo, wood putty, etc.