Anyone know anything about repairing WGSH Mego Boxes?

[reevefan78]

I have a few WGSH Mego boxes both 8" and 12.5" figure sizes that are in need of repair. Please let me know if there is a way I can do this to make them look like new again without spending thousands to have them done by someone who does museum restoration work. I can teach myself anything as I have done with painting and sculpting. I know some people are going to post that I shouldn't alter them in any way shape or form (however they are mine and I can do with them as I see fit and I would never tell anyone else what they can and can't do with their possessions that they have purchased....I have only to remind those who would dissuade me of this type of restoration of the work done to preserve such treasures as the Sistine Chapel and Michelangelo's The Last Supper in the Vatican). I want to return these to new condition and would like to teach myself how to do it professionally.

Below are some of the issues I would like to tackle:

1. Flattening out bends in cardboard flaps, and boxes.

2. Repairing tears and breaks in the cardboard.

3. Adding a top flap to a box that has had one ripped off.

4. Filling in areas that have lost or torn printed sections (i.e. cardboard tears where some of the top printed layer has been torn off from price sticker removal, etc.)

5. Recoloring areas of lost graphics and printed sections.....i.e. color breaks even along cracks.

I am a professional working artist with a degree in Illustration. I am also a portrait and figure painter and sculptor so I am no novice to drawing and painting. I posses the skill to repair these to look like brand new.....I only lack the know how of what materials to use and what method works best. I am willing to learn though and would like to know how to do this professionally so that I do not devalue any of my boxes......i.e. museum quality work without the several hundred to thousands of dollars of restoration work.

I have looked this up on the internet with no real answers on how to do this right so I figured someone on here might know.

If you have any questions as to my skill you can check out my website here: http://www.kristophermeadows.com/

Thanks in advance for any help and/or pointing me in the right direction.

Kris (reevefan78)

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I find stick glue rub on glue work great on tears

[reevefan78]

I find stick glue rub on glue work great on tears

The permanent version or the removable/restickable one? Thanks

What about tears just to the outside of the cardboard from the cello window.....how would you repair those?

[generic]

...Below are some of the issues I would like to tackle:

1. Flattening out bends in cardboard flaps, and boxes.

I've found that if there isn't any tape holding the top or bottom of the box closed, you can open both flaps, fold the box down flat and place it under a heavy stack of books for a while ("a while" being as much time as you have). Over time, this has done a great job of flattening out bends in my old boxes.