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repair help needed - was papooze

updated thu 9 jan 03

 

carolross on wed 8 jan 03


Was the plate greenware or bisque? I have a sculptural figural piece that I
just took out of the bisque. There's a crack around one breast - not wide
open, but open. I'm wondering how to repair... if I use your Papooze, I
and then bisque again, do you think that might work? I'd like to fill in
the gap perfectly of course, but I plan to add slips and glazes so if it's
not perfect it should work anyway...

any ideas if Papooze or Spooze won't work???

Thanks!

Carol Ross

>> I was trying to fix a repair plate of someone else's that I accidentally
>> snapped the edge off of.
>> I used some of Peggy's Spooze and then went over it with paper slip. Then I
>> thought, if I mix them together, that should work really well, in one go. It
>> does!
>>
>> So, here is the recipe for Paper Spooze, or now fondly called Papooze:
>>
>> 1 part Vinegar
>> 2 parts Sugar or honey
>> 3 parts Clay (Ball or your mix)
>> 1 part Paper fibers, saturated and strained for water
>> mix to a thick consistency.
>>
>> Mix up and use like repair slip.
>>
>> regards from Alisa in Denmark
>> remembering Peggy.
>>
>>
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