My latest restoration

[Carrie]

I hope this is the right forum to post this in? If not, I'm sure it can be moved.

As most of you know, I'm really into restoring old blow molds, its what I do and I love doing it. I started repairing/repainting molds in the 1970s, used enamel paint and a brush..which looked great during the day but when lit, streaky. Over the years I refined my techniques, learned a lot from others who were also into it.

This guy is my latest restoration. He may not be a homemade prop, but he is a creation.

The first two pictures are the "before" pictures..this is how he looked when I got him. This Santa was made by Poloron in the early 70s I believe. He was covered in 3 coats of paint (4 if you include the original paint job), including enamel, as well as exterior latex paint. It took almost 1/2 a gallon of stripper to get him cleaned up so he could be repainted.

[Carrie]

These next pictures are the "after" pictures..Santa is finished. I did the paint job with a combination of paints. I used Krylon for Plastic paint as well as an airbrush with Createx transparent airbrush paint.

[Carrie]

And here he is "lit" which makes all the difference. The point with blow molds is that they must look good during the day and at night when lit. To me, if you're going to decorate for Christmas, things should look nice no matter when they are seen, no?

[Sickie Ickie]

Wow! Totally awesome job, Carrie.

Your colors are much more vibrant than the old one. Much more cheery!

Only wish I have is that the pictures were bigger.

I also love the blush in the cheeks and nose!

[Mummy deer-est]

Cheery cheeks make all the difference!
Great work, Carrie...you rock!

[putrid]

Totally cool results Carrie! I'm guessing the paint job that you removed was someone's idea of Santa with a bag of coal? LOL Man your paint job looks cool.

[Elvira]

Wow, thats incrediable! Much nicer than the original. Carrie not only are you great at what you do, you definitely have the eye for color.

[bethene]

great job Carrie, he looks so good, love his rosy cheeks. You do some good work!!

[Paperhead]

That is absolutely awesome!

[Mistress Muffy]

Boy he really came out good!

Muf

[Carrie]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments!

[SantaPaws]

Is that you Carrie? I forgot you were on here. How are you doing?

[Carrie]

Yep, its me! I see you were just back on PC, Mark, glad things are working out for you.

[Thomas Steiner]

That Santa repaint sure looks fantastic, Carrie. Great job indeed!!:)

[SantaPaws]

Can anyone from this thread tell me who the person in this video. Extra points for the person that guesses who took the video.:)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/lovermonkey/th_92bf52bd.jpg (http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/lovermonkey/?action=view&current=92bf52bd.flv)

http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/lovermonkey/?action=view&current=92bf52bd.flv

[Sickie Ickie]

Well, golly Mark- looks like you took the vid! :D Great to see Carrie again and Chris, and John Jr. How old is that anyway?

[SantaPaws]

Well, golly Mark- looks like you took the vid! :D Great to see Carrie again and Chris, and John Jr. How old is that anyway?

Two points for you my friend. The video is a few years old. But I had fun filming it. Maybe Carrie will have another mini and ask me to film again. it was fun, and I was so busy.

[k nielsen]

Wow- that is amazing! You have an excellent eye for detail and it appears alot of patience. Not to mention that know I know what a blow mold is!

[Sickie Ickie]

I just realized Jerry is in that vid as well. heh

[HoHoCandy]

So do you have any BM GingerBread houses?

[Sickie Ickie]

Not me yet, but Carrie and Thomas have over 800+ molds ea, so they may.