Old Bronze Baby Shoe

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Bronzing companies are still around.

American Bronzing
True North
Corporate Bronze

However if you are a :   Do-It-Yourselfer

If you are creative, you may wish to bronze your own baby shoes. This process is somewhat involved but can give you a real sense of accomplishment. Your keepsake will be even more significant if you made it yourself, especially if you are giving the bronze baby shoes as a gift to someone else. To bronze shoes DIY:

1. Clean the shoes
2. Form the shoes as you wish for them to appear once bronzed
3. Apply rubber cement to hold laces or tongue in a desired position
4. Let shoes dry
5. Create a tiny hole in the sole of the shoe, run fishing line through the hole
6. Prepare your liquid bronze
7. Apply the bronze with a quality brush to the inside and outside of the shoe
8. Once the shoe has dried, you may "age" the shoe by adding some black oil paint to the liquid bronze and painting it into the creases of the shoe.