tturnerc Posted August 4, 2023 Report Share Posted August 4, 2023 Hi, My 91 year old mother-in-law has a ceramic tile that has a hand painting of her mother’s home place. (Her grandparent’s house.) She has dropped and broken it. It is a clean break. We are in Georgia, north of Atlanta. Do you know of a resource near us where we might have it repaired? Or have any other suggestion? Thank you so very much, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted August 5, 2023 Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 Hi and welcome to the forum! I’m going to shift this thread to another spot on the forum so it gets better views. The bad new is, if a ceramic object of any kind breaks, the only way to repair it will be with some form of cold process. It’s not possible to re-glaze and fire broken pieces so they’re whole again, and doing so runs the risk of ruining it entirely. Since it’s a decorative pice anyways, gluing it with plain old crazy glue (following all package instructions, including wetting one side and not using too much) will hold it in one piece indefinitely, if it’s not put under stress. If you want to hang it, mounting it to a board with mirror or construction adhesive/P6000, etc and framing it would be a good way of adding extra reinforcement. Rae Reich 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tturnerc Posted August 5, 2023 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 Thank you! Where did you move it to, so I can see any other replies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hulk Posted August 5, 2023 Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 Callie moved the topic to Studio Operations and Making Work - where it is now! I'm not finding the topic's original location... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted August 5, 2023 Report Share Posted August 5, 2023 You can can take it to shop that does restoration of ceramics (may have to send it ) goggle this to find one. Or I would use JB weld to glue it . Its water proof. I would pratcice on some othef broken ceramis to gain skill. You trim off the excess after it drys with a raxor blade .Its grey in color if white is better they have a marine white that trims white. I have done this for many decades but you need to learn how to use and cut it before doing the final piece. Rae Reich 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piedmont Pottery Posted August 11, 2023 Report Share Posted August 11, 2023 E-6000 adhesive is what we use when customers come into the gallery for repairs like that. Needs to cure in place for 24 hours. Excess can be removed with a razor blade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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