Projects and Innovations
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Stonemason Gives Lady a Hand Using Aboweld 55-1™
Weeping Water, Nebraska is the home of Weeping Water Stone Works. The company’s owner, Thomas Stander, is an award-winning stonemason. His company restores wood, concrete and masonry. He created the sign that welcomes visitors to town. Weeping Water Stone Works’ specialty is retrofitting and replacing stone and brick. The company often accepts jobs considered difficult […]
Oklahoma Capitol’s Steel Windows Repaired with FerroBond P™
Built in 1917, the Oklahoma State Capitol building is an exquisite example of neoclassical architecture. The grounds of the Capitol are famous for hosting active oil rigs, but just as impressive are the 500+ steel windows that adorn the building’s great walls. The Oklahoma State Capitol. In 2016, Re-View was selected to restore […]
Tread Spread™ Succeeds in Endurance Testing at Kenall Manufacturing
Abatron’s Tread Spread™ slip-resistant epoxy coating is extremely durable under demanding conditions. Tread Spread adds significant slip resistance to virtually any surface. It adds gritty traction and bonds tenaciously where traditional anti-slip tapes would simply wear and peel away. But how durable is Tread Spread, really? In a recent field test, Tread Spread was applied […]
Wood Restoration Training at a Treasured CCC Camp
You won’t find HistoriCorps volunteers passing out flyers on a busy street or ringing a bell outside of a grocery store. In fact, unless you go looking for them, you won’t find HistoriCorps volunteers at all…because they’re deep in the woods, helping restore cabins, watch towers, and other historic structures. Over the past few years, […]
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