Fixing Angel Wings

 

 

One of my favorite gold colored angels lost her wings.

They snapped right off.

As it is, the horn she's supposed to be playing is missing, too.

Try as I may, the glue used to put the wings back didn't work.

A stronger glue seemed to be needed.

So off to the pharmacy it was, to get a glue replacement.

The strong glue purchased stated on the container that it could hold an object up to 100 pounds.

Angel girl weighs a tiny fraction of that figure.

 Getting the wings positioned turned out to be a mega challenge.

The glue, however, melded two fingers together quickly. That required a run to the sink, squirting on liquid soap, running everything under water, soaking the melded fingers in more water, and finally getting them apart. It was less than a pleasant experience.

The wings remained severed.

Sooooo, after carefully pouring on more super glue, and  holding the wings tightly against angel's back, furiously avoiding the scary glue,  the wings finally stuck.

It's a good thing, too, because angel girl was about to go permanently without wings.  They were headed for the trash.

This project turned out to be frustrating to the max as well as scary for the fingers.  

Whew!  Angel girl is part of this year's nativity scene which will be shown in another blog post.