Carolyn Boeri on fri 12 feb 99
hI ANYONE,
DOES anyone have a recipe for a cement to repair fragments of a clay pot, like
the museum people do? I have a great piece that got broken and I would like
to put it back together, not to use, just to enjoy, its a relic from Oaxaca
Mex.
thanks in advance.
Carolyn
Ray Butkus on sat 13 feb 99
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For a fired piece:
I've found that by mixing a paste of 5 minute epoxy and dry glaze materials =
to
match the color, I can usually come pretty close to the look of a glazed =
pice of
pottery. If you want a more matte look, try dusting glaze material powder =
on
the surface of the glue while it is still tacky, just before the final set.
For a bisque pieceto be glazed:
Mix a powdered version of the glaze you want to use on the pot, mixed with 5
minute epoxy as a paste to fuse the pieces together. Then glaze over the =
entire
piece. This will then fire with the glue burning out and the glaze maturing
between the broken pieces. This technique will work for any piece which =
will
not fall apart in the kiln due to gravity.
Patching a pot with cracks after the bisque can be attained by mixing your =
wet
glaze with flint to form a paste, filling the crack with the mixture, =
scraping
it off the surface, then glazing over the pot with the same color.
=3E=3E=3E Carolyn Boeri =3CClaychi=40aol.com=3E 02/12/99 06:38AM =3E=3E=3E
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hI ANYONE,
DOES anyone have a recipe for a cement to repair fragments of a clay pot, =
like
the museum people do? I have a great piece that got broken and I would like
to put it back together, not to use, just to enjoy, its a relic from Oaxaca
Mex.
thanks in advance.
Carolyn
Beth J. Leggiere on sat 13 feb 99
Hi!
You could try calling the nearest museum in your area and speaking with
either their restoation dept or the curator for ceramics or Mexican art.
I once called the Museum of Natural History in New York's insect
specialist and he was quite friendly and helpful. They also have a
large and interesting collection of ceramics in their anthropological
departments. I have people calling me with this kind of question all
the time (from number in the yellow pages). I tell them to call a
museum if they think the piece is truely of value, otherwise, use epoxy.
PC11, which is white, can be tinted with small amounts of oxides/stains
and would be my choice. Just test first if you try the tinting thing.
Beth Leggiere, Hoboken, NJ
Judy Frederick on sat 13 feb 99
If your broken piece is low-fire and can be re-fired there is a product out
called APT-II (I think it is roman numeral 2). It is inexpensive (less than
$5 for a 2 ounce bottle) and is used in 3-4 drops per ounce of glaze or slip.
It come with a brochure instructions which seem pretty straight forward to me,
and I am a novice at this.
Their information is listed below or can be gotten at your local
distributor.
GOOD LUCK JUDY (CLAYCRAZY)
APT-II Products Co. .......
P.O. Box 1766
Kerrville, Texas 78029
1-800-922-2857
(210) 995-4035
Fax (210) 955-4036
Don & Isao Morrill on sat 13 feb 99
At 07:38 2/12/99 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>hI ANYONE,
>DOES anyone have a recipe for a cement to repair fragments of a clay pot,
like
>the museum people do? I have a great piece that got broken and I would like
>to put it back together, not to use, just to enjoy, its a relic from Oaxaca
>Mex.
>thanks in advance.
>Carolyn
>
Hi Carolyn, We have used several Epoxy cements for repairs. Try loading the
Epoxy with gilding powder. This will leave a thin line of gold alfter
polishing,which will reveal all of the honestly repaired cracks. Very
striking. In Japan we were given several grams of finely divided gold,by a
local Dentist. Worked beautifully. Also met and old gentleman pot
repairer...so very good that museaums in Japan often consulted him about
'fake' pots......Some of which he had made,himself! Don & Isao
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