These relics are now pretty as a picture & ready to be seen again

ModernMiner · Feb 25, 2009

Re: These relics are now pretty as a picture & ready to be seen again

Goes4ever said:
awesome display, I love it, how do you get the items to stay in place?

G4-
I use a clear rubberized silicone glue like you would use to seal a shower with. It sticks to everything, and can be peeled off if ever needed.
It works great. :thumbsup:

-MM-

thrillathahunt · Feb 25, 2009

Re: These relics are now pretty as a picture & ready to be seen again

Wow, just about anything would look great in that shadow box! Did you say you make those?

Rick

R AND R · Feb 25, 2009

Re: These relics are now pretty as a picture & ready to be seen again

Great boxes!!!!!!!! How did you get the indian head nickle to shine like that

most of mine are cruddy!

rginn · Feb 25, 2009

Re: These relics are now pretty as a picture & ready to be seen again

That really is great, MM. You gonna donate it to the local museum? If I was a kid in the museum looking at that (ok even now) I would have a question about everything in that box. Great educational opportunity. I hope your museum has the funding to have staff available to answer those. And if they don't, I suspect you'd volunteer when you could to answer those questions. Great job, hoss.

fmerg · Feb 26, 2009

Re: These relics are now pretty as a picture & ready to be seen again

wow i would have never known that junk finds could look so great
we usally just put it into the trash can
but now i can see that maybe we need to rethink it

ModernMiner · Feb 26, 2009

Re: These relics are now pretty as a picture & ready to be seen again

thrillathahunt said:
Wow, just about anything would look great in that shadow box! Did you say you make those?

Rick

Rick,
I buy the shadowboxes when they are 50% off at AC Moore or Michaels. A decent sized one will run you about $10-$12.
-MM-

fmerg said:
wow i would have never known that junk finds could look so great
we usally just put it into the trash can
but now i can see that maybe we need to rethink it

Thanks Fmerg.

RGINN said:
That really is great, MM. You gonna donate it to the local museum? If I was a kid in the museum looking at that (ok even now) I would have a question about everything in that box. Great educational opportunity. I hope your museum has the funding to have staff available to answer those. And if they don't, I suspect you'd volunteer when you could to answer those questions. Great job, hoss.

RGINN,
I'm going to make a list outside of the box that ID's the pieces in the shadowbox. The museum is a very small one too, so they do have the staff.

-MM-