In the process of restoring them, would you have to repaint? You lose then the original paint.
Actually, we prefer to NEVER cover original paint or detailing. If we patch a hand, we want to paint ONLY the patch and not the whole hand.
When I say "paint matching", that's what I'm referring to: carefully painting ONLY the added material, making the repair match the existing, surrounding, ORIGINAL, paint and preserving every ounce of original material we can.
A prime example of our philosophy is the original American Werewolf restoration seen here: http://www.tomspinadesigns.com/American_Werewolf_Restoration_Project_Gallery.html
We strengthened the original material, patched the cracks and gaps, and applied minimal paint ONLY to the patches, leaving all original paint INTACT
That's our goal in almost all cases. It's one thing to stabilize a piece or repair post-production deterioration or damage, it's another to cover original character or obscure evidence of use in a film...
best,
Tom