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Tips from the Pros: Making Molds and Castings Like a Pro
How do you replicate a model like this frog corbel? By learning the art of molding and casting. With a little guidance and practice, creating molds and castings can be a fun and satisfying craft. Abatron offers mold making products and several casting compounds that allow users to create architectural and artistic reproductions with striking […]
Kennedy Furniture Conservation- Wood Brothers Threshing Machine
Ralph Kennedy of Kennedy Furniture Conservation in Mount Carrol, IL, goes into each of his restoration projects with a strong cornerstone of conservation principles. “Understand the materials which you are about to work on before you begin. Understand the limitations of treatments judged appropriate for that object. Understand the characteristics of products you intend to […]
Garage Door Repair Saves Big Over Replacement
Abatron’s products are often put to use to restore historic or treasured structures. At other times, using restoration products to repair rather than replace just makes good financial sense. It’s remarkable how much money you can save with the right products and a little know-how. Marco Caporaso offers a salient example of this in the […]
Rust Remover Vanquishes Unsightly Stain
Abatron isn’t widely known for cleaning products, but we have one that we love, and we think that you will too. Rust Remover makes light work of removing even the most stubborn rust stains. It reacts chemically with rust to dissolve the stains into visible salts that can be easily scrubbed or wiped away. Some […]
Aboglass™ Turns 2000 Year Old Wood Into Art
Nature can be an inspiring muse. What some might overlook can give others the enthusiasm to create. When Marco Caporaso found a large slab of 2000+ year old pecky cypress, he saw a beautiful tabletop residing within the ancient wood. Pecky cypress is known by the telltale holes left over the years by wood-boring insects. […]
Inside The Mold and Casting Shop at Abatron
How do building owners replicate architectural elements unique to their historic properties without a huge investment in research and expense? One way is to take advantage of Abatron’s full-service Mold and Casting Shop. Our in-house team applies years of experience using Abatron’s mold-making products and a variety of casting compounds to create three-dimensional reproductions with […]
Window Restoration Business Thrives for Two Decades
Is it possible to keep a business restoring wood windows flourishing for over 20 years? David Hoggard has. He’s been in the business since 1997. In fact, his Greensboro, North Carolina based company, Double Hung, LLC., has recently expanded its operation to include an additional location in Savannah, Georgia called Double Hung Low Country. Double […]
Restoration Spotlight: Milwaukee Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse
In 2009, each of the 650+ windows on the Milwaukee Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse was examined, evaluated and carefully restored. Abatron products, LiquidWood® and WoodEpox®, were used extensively in that process in order to help maintain and preserve the building’s original materials and architectural elements. Ten years later, the restoration efforts at this Milwaukee […]
From the Archives: Restoration of Milwaukee Federal Building’s Wood Windows
Surviving a winter in Wisconsin isn’t the easiest thing to do. Surviving 110 of them is nothing short of amazing. That’s exactly what the windows at the U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin have been through. The courthouse is a Milwaukee landmark and is a picturesque example of Romanesque architecture, but its 650+ […]
TREAD SPREAD™ Adds Traction to Accessibility Ramp
After a frigid winter scraping ice and snow off their accessibility ramp, the homeowners looked for a durable product to improve its traction. (The tape they applied previously failed early in the season.) When they learned about TREAD SPREAD™, a slip-resistant epoxy coating, they decided to give it a try. TREAD SPREAD enhances traction […]
Axminster Distributes Abatron’s Wood Restoration Products in Europe
Abatron, Inc. is proud to be partnering with Axminster Tools & Machinery to provide a strong retail presence for LiquidWood® and WoodEpox® in the UK. Axminster Tools & Machinery is the go-to source in the UK for woodworking tools and supplies. With over 45 years of experience, Axminster services both the woodworking trades and the […]
Wadsworth Construction Finds Wood Restoration Business Solid
Owned and operated by David Wadsworth, Wadsworth Construction serves the ‘Driftless Area’ of the Midwest that includes parts of Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The company performs new construction, remodels, and additions. In 2010, David Wadsworth attended a window restoration workshop located at the former Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies in Mount Carroll, Illinois. Here, […]
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