How Do You Take A Mould Of Coving?
One problem in home restoration is how to repair a piece of decorative moulding for coving that is no longer manufactured or sold. Mouldings around fireplaces or light fixtures may be damaged or partially broken, or perhaps you’ve found a piece of architectural coving that you would love to reproduce and use elsewhere or in a bigger project. The solution is to take a latex rubber cast of the coving and use the cast to reproduce the original moulding. Instructions Step 1 Find a section of the moulding you want to reproduce in a length of up to a few feet. Step 2 Clean and sand the moulding to get it as near perfect as possible. Any blemishes will be reproduced in your mould. Step 3 Brush a coat of the latex mould onto the surface to be moulded. In the case of the coving, this will be the front and edges, not the back. Allow the rubber to dry, or speed up the drying process with a heat gun or hair dryer, being careful not to overheat and burn the mould (generally two to four minutes). St
