Conservation Treatment W W I Dough-Boy : DATED 1934 Restored 1996

 
  • Life size zinc, lead joints with copper electroplating.
  • Strip down to original electroplated surface, (most of the old copper electroplate had corroded away).
  • Application of new copper using special on-site equipment.
  • Sculpted and replaced fingers that were destroyed by vandals.
  • Cast zinc reproduction W.W. I rifle stolen by vandals.
  • Sculpted, cast and replaced cuff that was destroyed by vandals.
  • Complete cold patination with a Syncrylac coating and two layers of wax.
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