Get This Look: Lighting up Wire Frame Horses
🐴 Get This Look: Repairing Lighted Yard Art Sculptures
I love it when we receive customer photos showing how our lights made a project like replacing lights on these horses quick and easy. Repairing a beloved piece of yard art is simple when you have the right supplies!
Products Used for This Repair
These beautiful lighted horses were repaired using two key products:
- Lights: Mini lights on white wire (Choose the color that matches your desired look).
- Hardware: Sculpture Clips (These clips hold the new light string securely to the metal frame).
🛠️ Pro-Tips: Measuring and Using Sculpture Clips
The most crucial step in repairing yard art is ensuring you have the correct size sculpture clip to match the diameter of the frame's wire. Quality and size can vary, so measuring is a must-not-skip step!
Clip Details & Importance of Measurement
- Material: Plastic, UV Resistant.
- Compatibility: Manufactured to fit on mini light style strings with standard-sized bases.
- Why Measure? The clips on this family of light strings are rigid, and a 1/6" variance can make a significant difference in how securely the clip holds the frame.
Measuring Instructions
- Find an adjustable wrench.
- Tighten the wrench down snugly on your metal sculpture frame.
- Gently slide the wrench off the frame and measure the gap. This is the diameter of your frame and should match the clip size.
- Repeat this process over several parts of your frame. The wire may vary in diameter, or if your frame is vintage and has been repeatedly painted, the diameter may vary enough that you'll need to use a combination of sizes of clips to install or repair the lights on your frame.
📺 Watch: How to Repair Your Lighted Nativity Scene (with me and David!)
Watch this fun video of David and me replacing lights on a nativity scene. The process for replacing lights on any metal frame sculpture is exactly the same!
❓ FAQ: Yard Art Repair
Q: Why can't I just use zip ties to attach the new lights?
A: Zip ties will work, but sculpture clips are designed to snap over both the wire frame and the light string base, holding the lights securely and uniformly in the exact position where the old, broken lights were. This results in a cleaner, more professional, and easier repair.
