Touch-up Question

[Bill]

I bought a large (4'by 3') framed mirror this week at auction. The person who helped me put it in my car knocked a small piece out of the top edge of the frame about 1/8" wide by 3/4" long. The frame is basically a 6" wide (crown-style?) molding, painted copper-brown with heavy black accents--large enough that merely covering the newly-exposed bare wood ought to go a long way towards a repair.

Can anyone recommend a putty and/or other filler and a source of paint for this source of touch-up work? Lowes? Home Depot?

Thank you, Bill

[Swingman]

I carry these in the truck with me to touch-up small spots in trim and paint from the inevitable dings that life brings them:

stainable wood filler will do the small stuff, then apply the above. I use FamoWood, among others:

'm also partial to this for filling nail holes just for the ease of use:

[Leon]

Bill if this is something that is not greatly noticeable and you got a good deal on it you might want to do something I do with a chipped dish. Our dishes are black and bright white under the outer coating.

If you have heavy black accents.... Add another accent and color it in with a black sharpy pen. Works for me. and if you don't like it you can still proceed with a more involved repair.

[Bill]

I got a lot of good suggestions. Thank you. I'll try a little wood filler where the wood is missing, and buy some model paint, and get out my black Sharpy. And I'll practice first! All good ideas.

I got the frame for $70 +10% at the auction. I'm sure it would be at least several times that in a store. It will look just as good as a new one, maybe better, after it's touched up...and it will have "character"! : )

[Dave]

If you're planning on painting over the repair, then you could just as easily use some Bondo to fill the damaged area. It's cheap and it doesn't shrink.

[HeyBub]

A good source of color matching is a box of 64 Crayola crayons.

[Dave]

On Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:53:26 -0400, "Mike Marlow"

Elitist!

[cedarsonny]

A box of 16 or 24 crayons lends to building more character, though!

Sonny