[Did I just mess up my kiln?]

Thank you Callie and Mark for your advice! I don’t think I got any cement on the elements but I’ll double check. I haven’t fired it yet but I’ll sand it down a bit bc it is thick. Really appreciate it! Any more advice from anyone is greatly appreciated.

[Did I just mess up my kiln?]

hey everyone, 

I’m quite upset with myself and having lots of regret. I purchased a kiln in amazing used condition but it got damaged in the move. About seven of the bricks are damaged. I read that I could use kiln cement to “glue” my broken brick together. So I purchased kiln cement and decided to try it. But I think I f’ed up. Looking for recommendations now! Please give me constructive feedback and be nice! This is my first kiln and I’m depressed now thinking I messed up too badly. Kiln cement  <-photo.  I pretty much painted the cement over the broken pieces. I tried to paint the cement in between the pieces but was breaking it even more! look at the photo and let me what you think. Thank you!