Concrete Statue Repair - Fixing broken parts, filling air bubbles & seams, and painting restoration

Concrete garden statues and art can withstand years of outdoor elements, but the human factor of people dropping one or an accident can be frustrating. There are various techniques and glues, but in this video, Andy will demonstrate how he repairs or fixes damaged and broken statues primarily using Portland cement.

Garden art, whether animals, gnomes, or seasonal figurines, enhances the garden, patio, or yard, it lasts forever, and it also makes an ideal gift. There are several other videos on Backyard Adventures with Andy showing how to make a statue mold and how to finish a statue with various paint effects, and more. Subscribe to the statue playlist and check out the channel to see more videos on statues.

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Focus Question: How does one repair concrete garden statues?

[familyfuntime]

Really beautiful work! Thank you for the tutorial!Now let me see if I can make my repair look as good as yours do!

[maryvanhorn]

Thank you for making this look so doable! Honestly, it’s a wonderful tutorial, showing all of the different repair examples. I found an owl statue that a friend would love, with a broken ear and now I feel confident that I can fix it and maybe even repair my big old deer statue that came with our house, 10 years saying we will fix it some day. 😊

[xzwkd]

Nice job. Followed your technique and my 60 year old broken statues turned out to be awesome.

[clarenclaren]

Thank you for this great tutorial. I just inherited a few 70’s/80’s concrete frog statues that I had no idea how to began to repair or repaint. This was such great information.

[beckyeaton]

Nice job! ALWAYS wear a mask to avoid breathing in the concrete dust, no matter if you're inside or out. Definitely when you use the grinder!

[ascricco]

Exactly what I was looking for, thank you very much, sir!

[TroyRudd]

Dude! Just put the head in the basket... instant Halloween decor! haha Thanks for the video! My turtle paver lost his head.

[janemcgovern]

Thanks, Andy...I have a pocked marked statue I made in art school from being outside a long time...your method with Portland cement and the black/white paint job is terrific. Think you answered my need to restore my sculpture. I have seen other videos but I think you way will make the best job.
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[gemmabanks]

I’m doing a statue that I got given for free. Beautiful summer pillar with and elf on top with fairy, Gnomes and a cornucopia. I have repaired today with your technique and tomorrow I am going to resurface with plaster of Paris. A little nervous as never done it before but excited to try it, thank you for helping me as I plan to turn this into a regular thing. Xx

[ericksonstatuary]

Nice job on repair and base coat 👍, I restore old statuary as a hobby/ side business. I also use regular cement for big repairs but try red devil concrete patch it's nice ready to use out of the tub. Works great for pitting and small cracks then I use a dremmel tool with grinding stones to smooth it all out. Great video, you nice work!

[BrendaLonon]

Great job !. I have a couple of things to repair and I will use your technique. Thanks for the video.

[victoriapiekarz]

Thanks!! I will try these techniques to fix my garden gnomes

[angelkwick]

Thank you very much for the videos. I watched these and have fixed two of mine already . Ty

[marvideo]

Thanks for the ideas ❗️
Great video ❗️

[CraftsmanCollective]

Very cool- we love this kind of stuff on our channel!

[anneformanek]

So many great tips in this video! I'm working on my first mold castings and having a problem with bits coming off as I demold. Hopefully will get that sorted out, but now I think I can actually repair some of my fails! Love your paint technique too

[DarleneS-ow]

Thank you. Am so glad I found you. I have a cast iron urn that I would like to spruce up. Do you have a video on that?

[faithful]

Love this aged technique. appreciate this video so much. My daughter in law goose neck and beak broke and they want a lot to repair at concrete place we bought from. they use bondo they told me. hmmm.

[BarbaraBrooks-ri]

Ive watched your video sevral times and appreciate your knowledge. I have an old statue that has had major repairs done with plaster of paris. It needs some structural repairs. Do I need to remove the plaster of paris to allow the cement to adhere properly? 23:07

[SkylarknTexas]

Thank you! A late 60’s or early 1970’s Peasant’s Proposal is about to get a repair & refurbishment. The upper bowl fell apart one move so fearful of not at least paint sealing.