I have a repair to make for a friend's shadow box.
This is a wood frame with a mirror at back and
small shelves in front. About 2 foot by 1 and 1/2
foot. Made of some light and cheap wood although
older mfg. I need to do two repairs after it fell
off the wall. Need to re-attach two mirror strips
about 1 inch by 15 inch onto wood that has ridged
surface, paint and some thin silvered mirror
attached shards from where it broke off. What glue
to use? I do have hot glue gun but wonder if glue
would cool by the time I put several dabs on.
Second repair is to clamp and glue the frame in
two areas where the one section of frame split and
detached from corners. My question on this really
concerns the corners that were from factory, stapled together. Wondering if I can remove the
staples without damage? What would you suggest? If I can pry staples out w/o damage then I would
use small nails. If I cut staple ends and leave them in I may not have room for nails.
As you can probaly tell I am not a woodworker. I
would rather be machining - thanks for any advice.
This is a wood frame with a mirror at back and
small shelves in front. About 2 foot by 1 and 1/2
foot. Made of some light and cheap wood although
older mfg. I need to do two repairs after it fell
off the wall. Need to re-attach two mirror strips
about 1 inch by 15 inch onto wood that has ridged
surface, paint and some thin silvered mirror
attached shards from where it broke off. What glue
to use? I do have hot glue gun but wonder if glue
would cool by the time I put several dabs on.
Second repair is to clamp and glue the frame in
two areas where the one section of frame split and
detached from corners. My question on this really
concerns the corners that were from factory, stapled together. Wondering if I can remove the
staples without damage? What would you suggest? If I can pry staples out w/o damage then I would
use small nails. If I cut staple ends and leave them in I may not have room for nails.
As you can probaly tell I am not a woodworker. I
would rather be machining - thanks for any advice.