friends I smashed my absolute favourite coffee mug. I don't wanna throw it out, so how do I fix it? online it either says to just super glue that motherfricker but i'm concerned that it won't be usable like that, like what if small pieces of dried glue end up in the drink. Is there some sort of special adhesive i can use or is my mug fricked?
*it either says to just use super glue or they try to shill some order only ultra giga glue
casein/milk glue
is that heat resistant? The recipe i found online says that you can use it on ceramics but that it weakens under heat, so i'm worried i can't use it for coffee and tee afterwards.
it literally says on my super glue tube that it's not food safe
you have some shitty brand then
i guess
either way though it probably won't last long if you use it for hot beverages.
so what's my best bet then, two-part epoxy glue? It's a bit pricier compared to super glue but i think it should be food safe and heat proof, and i can get it in my local hardware store. But for that money I might as well just buy a new mug.
you can try. two part epoxy is handy to have and you're not gonna use the whole couple of tubes
Bondo is probably one of the cheapest epoxies and I'm comfortable with OP drinking it.
super glue is food safe. I would make a mixture of super glue and baking soda and use that, it makes a paste that's easier to apply
> food safe
Cyanoacrylate = super glue
Cyano
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Cyanide
Ngmi
Cyanoacrylate adhesives are approved by the FDA as "food safe" and also for use medically as a tissue adhesive / wound closure.
Cyanide is used, it's one of the base compounds used to form the cyanoacrylate molecule, but harmful cyanide is not present in the completed glue molecule as the changes in chemical bonds alter its traits. Just because a molecule/chemical has a base component in it that exhibits a certain trait doesn't mean that it will also exhibit the same trait. For instance water has hydrogen in it, which is flammable, and it has oxygen in it, which facilitates burning. So if you have a volume comprised of oxygen and hydrogen it's pretty much a bomb waiting to explode violently. Yet if that same oxygen and hydrogen is combined into a water molecule it becomes completely inflammable.
Man wait until you hear what table salt is made of.
I did this for a mug and filled in the missing pieces with it. Or looks weird but it lasted for years
Hans es ist gefikt
there's some japanese craft where they fill in the gaps with gold or silver, make them look extra cash, try them maybe?
oh yeah i've heard of it, it's called kintsugi and it looks so lovely. Problem is it requires some special sort of lacquer I likely won't find as well as gold/silver dust, which i don't even know where to get. I suppose there is a pottery worksop near where I live, I might ask them for advice.
go to an art store.
also op your mug will probably be missing big chunks that flew under a desk or something. I tried the cash money mug repair with something fancy (I was just going to use some paint/dye in the epoxy) but ended up missing a chunk and it was unworkable. also I realized I would have never truly trusted the mug after. it's ok for something like a dinner plate that's in big pieces but a shattered mug is too far gone
thanks for the suggestions but after i've considered the cost + effort to satifaction ratio i just glued it together and i'll give it a new life as a pencil holder. That's a compromise between my recycling autism which tells me i must fix stuff and common sense which tells me "frick it"
sometimes dead is better.
dude its a shitty $30 mug from amazon chill the frick out chris
>https://www.amazon.com/Ceramic-Pottery-handmade-Housewarming-Handmade/dp/B094QJRMZN
I was skeptical about this thread at first, but thinking about it now, that's a pretty great mug.
>made in china
>sold on amazon
>"great mug"
ok moron lmfao
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You can just mix something gold coloured in to a food safe epoxy for a similar effect. Plenty of instructions online about how to do it without the lacquer and gold leaf.
Seriously though can you not search 'for safe glue'?
Turn this into a quality thread and post results
Thats kintsukuroi, and you can just send it off in the mail to have it done these days. Not cheap, but sometimes things are worth that much.
I don't like just throwing stuff away, but if pic is related, it's fubar unless you're willing to spend more time and money than it would take to replace the mug with something of equal value.
its a fricking ceramic bowl made for drinking hot water that smells and tastes like dirt. grow the frick up and buy a new one.
The problem with super glue is that it will not fill gaps. I have had good luck repairing ceramics using the following technique:
- Use a white glue like Wellbond diluted with warter and a pant brush to pretreat all the broken surfaces.
- After it dries, use the glue full strength to assemble the smaller pieces to each other.
- Let each subassembly dry and then continue adding the other pieces,
- In the end you will have only one or two large pieces to reassemble.
You will still probably have gaps where there were small chips and will be able to see the glue lines. Gilding the glue lines is an interesting idea but you would have to have too much time on your hands.
Damn my eyes are getting old!
Super glue it to keep it together. Then find a kiln and give the entire thing another coat of clear enamel to seal the cracks.
>I want to do something that can't be done!
It's time to let go, friend.
There's this japanese thing where you use gold lacquer to fix it, but I'm not sure if that's possible here
Wait, based on the shape, one sharp piece is missing? Are you hiding a shank? Heisenberg would kill you for that.
Jesus christ, just buy another fricking mug, you fricking autist.
you could try egg yolks, That shit makes a great glue and doesnt poison you, plus if you have e er tried scrubbing dried egg yolk of something you know hot water doesnt do shit to it.
Glue it and then dip it in epoxy or fiberglass resin
Mighty putty
You can actually tig weld ceramics.
Not even trolling, I've seen it done.
Idk how well it will work for longevity
I used to work with a guy who had a ceramic mug with a steel handle he welded to it to demonstrate exactly that.
Probably not very well because it's thermally stressed now and can fall apart or even explode with little warning.
On that note, I'd imagine there would be some sort of high melting inorganic salt or compound that you could put into cracks and then heat the mug or plate red hot in a kiln and it would melt and glue the pieces together, making a joint that would have no problems with handling hot food, liquids or leeching dangerous chemicals.
But apparently not enough people own kilns to warrant that kind of product on the consumer market.
Here you go OP this is exactly what you are looking for.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi
Great, I'll piggyback OP's thread.
Bought a hand-made mug I like abroad but realized at home it has a crack that drips liquid when full. I have access to a kiln but I'd rather not because I like the current glazing which would change if it's reheated. It's a tiny crack so I could just plug it.
What's a good option to plug it?
Is superglue really food-safe? Is it heat-resistant?
I also have some old 2-part epoxy at home, no idea it's food-safe. Also I don't know if it would stand the contraction/expansion of the ceramics and glass after holding boiling water for a few minutes.
bisque fix, a coat of low fire clear glaze, then fire to the glaze spec, probably cone 05. Probably low enough heat to not modify the existing glaze too mcuh
https://www.amaco.com/products/bisque-fix-4-oz
Thanks, I didn't know this exists.
Although I should clarify, by "have access to a kilm" I meant "I could tell my old teacher to throw this in with the rest of his students' works", I don't actually operate it. I was hoping for something I could do at home that would hold.
imagine going thru all this effort when you can buy a brand new one on amazon right now. damn people are mentally ill in here.
I'm not the OP, Mr. homosexual. I bought mine abroad (as in, someplace far away and not online) from a small store that sells locally hand-made items like this. It doesn't matter the price since I can't simply replace it.
Anon, if you really love that mug you'll fix it with gold. Google kintsugi