Cloning a WPF UI

Hello

I'm looking to clone a WPF UI. The idea is to divide a UI in half and create two sides that look the same. I am getting the elements from the LogicalTree, but I can't seem to get the properties on each different type of UI Element. 

Is there a simpler way to do this?

private void cloneUI(Panel p)
        {
            //clone grid
            Grid sp = new Grid();
            sp.HorizontalAlignment = System.Windows.HorizontalAlignment.Stretch;
            sp.VerticalAlignment = System.Windows.VerticalAlignment.Stretch;
            sp.Height = Double.NaN;
            Grid.SetColumn(sp, 1);
            this.mainGrid.Children.Add(sp);
            //clone grid

            foreach(UIElement uie in p.Children)
            {

                MessageBox.Show(uie.ToString());
                Type type = uie.GetType();
                if(typeof(Panel).IsAssignableFrom(type))
                {
                    cloneUI(uie as Panel);
                }

                Object obj = Activator.CreateInstance(type);
                sp.Children.Add(obj as FrameworkElement);
            }
        }

This is just for reference to what I'm doing. I've tried several things, including a simple rectangle with a VisualBrush to the top UI element, but I want to shift elements independently in each side, so VisualBrush doesn't cut it for me. Any ideas are appreciated. 

Thanks

diekus

diekus