How to use Compo

Replacing missing decoration with traditional compo on an over mantle mirror. Heating, pressing out with moulds, trimming and attaching the compo. Compo is best heated up in a bowl with some gilders whiting (this is chalk, calcium carbonate) This stops the compo sticking to the bowl and you if you put whiting on your fingers.

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How to make the moulds video    • Putty silicone moulds for frame restoration.  
Paint stripping video    • Paint stripping a mirror frame  

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Chapters
00:00 intro.
00:47 Heat up the compo.
3:26 Pressing out the compo into moulds.
6:03 Peeling the compo out of the moulds.
6:40 Trimming the compo.
13:56 Attaching compo with glue.
15:08 Attaching compo with a hot plate.
18:36 End results.

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