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Remove throughs and vents

Once the figure has been melted, we remove the outter shirt using a chisel. Later we clean it with a wire brush. We obtain the desired bronze figure with throughts and vents made of metal.

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In the upper part you can see the glass used to drop the bronze

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The glass contunes with the major throughs. There is so many as neccessary to fill the figure.

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Lower figure points are extended to be sure than they are filled with bronze.

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There are vents that goes from the upper points of the figure to let air go out. It is no neccesary that these vents are filled with bronze.

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We must to remain a hole to remove all cement inside the figure. This hole must be refilled with bronze.

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Thoughts and vents should be removed and all union points with the figure should be fixed.


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