tigerham
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Hi, I just wanted to share this in case it was useful to anyone wanting to restore any cardbacks at all.
I bought a Lili Ledy R2 cardback a while ago in the hope to restore it as much as I could...
I then had to try and track down a perfectly matched bubble which I did, eventually. I found that the Kenner ROTJ bubbles are an exact match, size wise, (whether they were used for it or not I have no idea as the Kenner bubble I have has a number on the bottom and I can not see clear enough photos to see if the original Lili Ledy ones have or have not, although I think I saw one without. But then again I've seen a Lili Ledy R2 on a cut card with a single stem bubble)
I then had to clean off the litho from the bubble seal with firstly lighter fluid and then after that could not help any further I then used 400 grit sandpaper, working up to 800 and eventually will be using 2000 to clear off the remaining litho. I then applied some Auto Glym to polish it up again (seems to work).
Then I worked on photoshop to digitally fix up the damaged areas, trying to colour match along the way as close as possible. I used Satin Photo printing paper (as gloss was too glossy).
After several attempts I realised that with the paper and printer I was using could not get the blue to match, the rest was fine. So I decided to print it white and use my experience in colour mixing with acrylic paints and paint the blue on the white background. I then cut the printed piece of paper along lines which would be hidden against the background of the card as much as possible and also cut the paper along the track lines on the outer edge to again hide the cut lines.
Here is the final piece (although I still need to sand with 2000 grit and polish)...
All that is left is to fill and seal it with a Lili Ledy Loose R2. I'll update when it's complete and hope you've enjoyed the post.
I bought a Lili Ledy R2 cardback a while ago in the hope to restore it as much as I could...
I then had to try and track down a perfectly matched bubble which I did, eventually. I found that the Kenner ROTJ bubbles are an exact match, size wise, (whether they were used for it or not I have no idea as the Kenner bubble I have has a number on the bottom and I can not see clear enough photos to see if the original Lili Ledy ones have or have not, although I think I saw one without. But then again I've seen a Lili Ledy R2 on a cut card with a single stem bubble)
I then had to clean off the litho from the bubble seal with firstly lighter fluid and then after that could not help any further I then used 400 grit sandpaper, working up to 800 and eventually will be using 2000 to clear off the remaining litho. I then applied some Auto Glym to polish it up again (seems to work).
Then I worked on photoshop to digitally fix up the damaged areas, trying to colour match along the way as close as possible. I used Satin Photo printing paper (as gloss was too glossy).
After several attempts I realised that with the paper and printer I was using could not get the blue to match, the rest was fine. So I decided to print it white and use my experience in colour mixing with acrylic paints and paint the blue on the white background. I then cut the printed piece of paper along lines which would be hidden against the background of the card as much as possible and also cut the paper along the track lines on the outer edge to again hide the cut lines.
Here is the final piece (although I still need to sand with 2000 grit and polish)...
All that is left is to fill and seal it with a Lili Ledy Loose R2. I'll update when it's complete and hope you've enjoyed the post.