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Some of the original ceiling moldings had
been damaged over the last 90 years and needed to be restored. The
first step was to mask off an original good area to be duplicated.
A special rubber compound is mixed up and
quickly painted over the molding. Cheese cloth is then laid into the
rubber for additional strength.
Multiple layers of the rubber compound are
added by hand.
A support and frame is built to hold the
mold, both while it cures and for the future to hold the mold when it
will be used to cast the new molds.
After the mold has cured, it is carefully
peeled off the ceiling. The original molding is not damaged and the
new mold is a perfect reverse image.
The new rubber mold is then inspected and
is now ready to be used to cast new duplicate moldings.
The above molds were used to create these castings, seen here lying on
the floor, ready to be installed.
The new castings are then installed to perfectly match.
Check back to see the work as it continues...
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