Fixing a collector Necco Gremlin, made of a heavy resin type material

The gremlin can be seen in this photo.  Both arms were broken off, the right ear was broken off the spike on the back of it was cracked on the bottom area and was about to fall off.  There were also large chunks missing out of it. You can see the one arm in this photo. The back of both knees had cracks that needed to be repaired also.      

 

In this picture you can see the other arm that was broken off and large chunks that were missing.

In this photo this is one of the ears that was broken off.  In a moment I will tell you what I used for the glue, not something that you pay a lot of money for but something different.

     

Here’s what the one arm looked like when I glued it together.  You can see a chunk missing out of the arm on top.

 

In this photo you can see both the arms had the chunks that were missing filled and also glued together.

In this picture you can see the spike is cracked.

In this picture you can see where i repaired the spike. 

This is the back of the gremlin once the repairs with the glue were made.

This is a side view.

This is the finished statue after it was painted with paint to match.  The glue that i used was wood glue mixed with flour, yes flour.  Strange combination but first you put wood glue into a throw away type plastic cup ( i use yogurt cups) and add enough flour to make a thick consistancy if you add to much flour add some more wood glue stir with a popsicle stick.  You will use this to fill cracks and to glue pieces together.  For the areas that have large chunks missing first you fill the hole with the same stuffing material you use for filling a pillow then you put this mixture over top of the hole and smooth out with a popsicle stick, sometimes i will use my finger, this mixture can be scrubbed off your hands with a scrub sponge thats what i use As it sets it smoothes out itself.  This can also be used for outside statues made of a resin material.  When it sets it will be as hard as a rock.  There were only 500 of these statues made, it was truly a piece to fix and not discard.  Why throw out a statue when you can fix it and make it appear new again.  Gizmo has his friend back again!