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Day: July 1, 2012

  • Garden Dragonfly Ornament: Eye Re-Repair

    Alas, urethane glue didn’t hold the eye marbles in the garden dragonfly ornament for very long. Although the cured glue had a wonderfully smooth surface where it contacted the balls and it had plenty of contact area, that wasn’t enough.

    This time, I used acrylic caulk that should stay gummy enough to maintain a good grip:

    Garden Dragonfly ornament - re-reglued eye marbles
    Garden Dragonfly ornament – re-reglued eye marbles

    The next step, I suppose, will be to drill a hole in each ball for a stud and epoxy the things in place…