A piece has broken off the base of a cast stone statue. I'm planning to
reattach it using a couple of frame fixers (whose heads are slightly
below the surface) and epoxy, then to fill the fixing holes and any
surface damage with some filler or mortar that will match the "antique
stone" look of the statue.
Does this sound like a good plan? What fillers should I consider?

On Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:34:41 +0100, wrote:

A piece has broken off the base of a cast stone statue. I'm planning to
reattach it using a couple of frame fixers (whose heads are slightly
below the surface) and epoxy, then to fill the fixing holes and any
surface damage with some filler or mortar that will match the "antique
stone" look of the statue.
Does this sound like a good plan? What fillers should I consider?

Unless they are stainless steel the frame fixings will eventually rust
if the statue is to be outside and the expansion will crack the stone.

On 17/10/16 15:34, wrote:
A piece has broken off the base of a cast stone statue. I'm planning to
reattach it using a couple of frame fixers (whose heads are slightly
below the surface) and epoxy, then to fill the fixing holes and any
surface damage with some filler or mortar that will match the "antique
stone" look of the statue.
Does this sound like a good plan? What fillers should I consider?


If you use Milliput of te appropriate color, you wont need the frame
fixings at all



--
"Women actually are capable of being far more than the feminists will
let them."

In message , The Natural Philosopher
writes
On 17/10/16 15:34, wrote:
A piece has broken off the base of a cast stone statue. I'm planning to
reattach it using a couple of frame fixers (whose heads are slightly
below the surface) and epoxy, then to fill the fixing holes and any
surface damage with some filler or mortar that will match the "antique
stone" look of the statue.
Does this sound like a good plan? What fillers should I consider?


If you use Milliput of te appropriate color, you wont need the frame
fixings at all

I'd be inclined to try s/s dowels as well. Takes a bit of ingenuity to
drill aligned holes without going in from the front but very satisfying
when you get right:-)

You can buy special steel for bridging cracks but a bit of stainless
threaded bar would do.

--
Tim Lamb

On 17/10/2016 17:30, Peter Parry wrote:
On Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:34:41 +0100, wrote:

A piece has broken off the base of a cast stone statue. I'm planning to
reattach it using a couple of frame fixers (whose heads are slightly
below the surface) and epoxy, then to fill the fixing holes and any
surface damage with some filler or mortar that will match the "antique
stone" look of the statue.
Does this sound like a good plan? What fillers should I consider?

Unless they are stainless steel the frame fixings will eventually rust
if the statue is to be outside and the expansion will crack the stone.

I plan to use SS frame fixers
http://www.wickes.co.uk/BP-Fischer-P...ack-6/p/190035

On 17/10/2016 20:25, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , The Natural Philosopher
writes
On 17/10/16 15:34, wrote:
A piece has broken off the base of a cast stone statue. I'm planning to
reattach it using a couple of frame fixers (whose heads are slightly
below the surface) and epoxy, then to fill the fixing holes and any
surface damage with some filler or mortar that will match the "antique
stone" look of the statue.
Does this sound like a good plan? What fillers should I consider?


If you use Milliput of te appropriate color, you wont need the frame
fixings at all

I'd be inclined to try s/s dowels as well. Takes a bit of ingenuity to
drill aligned holes without going in from the front but very satisfying
when you get right:-)

You can buy special steel for bridging cracks but a bit of stainless
threaded bar would do.

I did wonder about internal s/s bars but decided that the potential
satisfaction (and cock-up risk) didn't justify the time taken to make a
couple of drilling jigs so I've drilled a couple of 8mm holes from the
outside and counter-bored the holes so that some filler will hide the
heads of the s/s frame fixers. The big question is what to use as filler.

On 17/10/2016 19:49, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 17/10/16 15:34, wrote:
A piece has broken off the base of a cast stone statue. I'm planning to
reattach it using a couple of frame fixers (whose heads are slightly
below the surface) and epoxy, then to fill the fixing holes and any
surface damage with some filler or mortar that will match the "antique
stone" look of the statue.
Does this sound like a good plan? What fillers should I consider?


If you use Milliput of te appropriate color, you wont need the frame
fixings at all

This thing weighs 150-200kg and it's a corner of the base that's broken
- I wouldn't trust it without a little reinforcement, but Milliput
silver-grey sounds interesting. Maybe regular epoxy for the internal
area and then milliput for the fill to surface level.

In message , writes
On 17/10/2016 19:49, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 17/10/16 15:34, wrote:
A piece has broken off the base of a cast stone statue. I'm planning to
reattach it using a couple of frame fixers (whose heads are slightly
below the surface) and epoxy, then to fill the fixing holes and any
surface damage with some filler or mortar that will match the "antique
stone" look of the statue.
Does this sound like a good plan? What fillers should I consider?


If you use Milliput of te appropriate color, you wont need the frame
fixings at all

This thing weighs 150-200kg and it's a corner of the base that's broken
- I wouldn't trust it without a little reinforcement, but Milliput
silver-grey sounds interesting. Maybe regular epoxy for the internal
area and then milliput for the fill to surface level.

There is a raft of *mix in the nozzle* resins for anchor fixings.


--
Tim Lamb

On 17/10/2016 15:34, wrote:
A piece has broken off the base of a cast stone statue. I'm planning to
reattach it using a couple of frame fixers (whose heads are slightly
below the surface) and epoxy, then to fill the fixing holes and any
surface damage with some filler or mortar that will match the "antique
stone" look of the statue.
Does this sound like a good plan? What fillers should I consider?

Drilling and counterboring the holes, epoxying and securing with s/s
frame fixers was all straightforward. Filling the holes and top of the
join with Milliput went well and the final result is excellent (odd that
a bit of water helps so smooth the Milliput - great stuff!). All that's
needed is a wash with dilute black masonry paint to restore the
"antique" look and job's a good'un, as they say.
Moving the bl**dy thing from the garage to the garden was not so easy.
It took two of us, two 4 ft lengths of plank joined to make a raft and
several lengths of 4" pipe as rollers. Much use of levers, blocks,
straps, trolley jack and crow bar.