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  • Home
  • REPAIR SERVICE
  • Shop & Booking
  • what's on
  • Kintsugi in Kyoto
  • What is kintsugi ?
  • Repairing a single break
  • Repairing a chip
  • Applying Urushi and Metalllic powder
  • Sealing, Polishing silver and gold finish
  • Filling in a missing piece
  • How to re-do.
  • Badly-damaged lamp to repair
  • Mugi Urushi
  • Kokuso
  • SABI
  • Shita-nuri, Naka nuri
  • How to repair leaking crack
  • How to use starter kit

Repairing a single break with epoxy glue

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You need:

  • Epoxy glue 5 minute set and a mixing palette
  • Acetone and white rags
  • Wet & dry sandpaper
  • Craft knife
  • Work surface,  a thick plastic document file is fine.
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To prepare the glazed surfaces on either side of the break, key the glaze with sandpaper for the urushi to stick. Do not key broken edge. 
​*You don't need to do this preparation if you are applying urushi to a non glazed or fragile surface or you are also wishing to make a hairline gold application
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Take an equal amount of glue from each tube, mix them well. Apply to broken edges
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Align edges pushing them together firmly together wiggling a little bit to find an exact join and  squeezing out excess glue.
* If any gap remains, this will enlarge the piece and in the end, one piece may not fit the gap when you are repairing several breaks.
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Scrape off the excess glue when nearly set using a knife; or remove with acetone using a rag while still sticky.
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Clean the whole piece with acetone and a rag.
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You can fill the break lines with epoxy putty to make the join invisible. *See page  “Repairing a chip with epoxy“
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Apply urushi and metallic powder. *See page "Applying urushi and metallic powder"
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