a use of rice soup

[gingkoseto]

At grandma's time, rice soup was THE super glue. 's nothing like it! But this is the first time I've ever used rice soup to glue anything - my broken teapot lid, the consequence of being mindlessness

Well, it's actually useless. So far I haven't heard of a food-safe, strong glue for yixing. Rice soup is strong, but once it meets water, it will all melt. But I would still like the poor lid to stay together and stay on top of the teapot when it's dry.

The real cool way to repair a broken yixing is with the traditional brass nails, but the process is more expensive than an average yixing teapot nowadays.

[TIM]

Wow! Is like building the Great Wall. Will it stand hot water after it's dried? Cool

[gingkoseto]

Wow! Is like building the Great Wall. Will it stand hot water after it's dried? Cool

Yeah, I heard of stories talking about people using rice soup for the great wall and some other famous walls. It *may* be even true

But no it won't stand any water. So not of much use, basically holding it together to make it less miserable

[bi lew chun]

What about funori?

http://aic.stanford.edu/sg/bpg/annual/v03/bp03-05.html

Probably won't stand up to water either.

[wyardley]

Imen had some luck with JB-Weld, even with a kettle that sits on top of a charcoal stove. Supposedly it's food safe and can take up to 400F. Seems a little weird to me, but you could try it.

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogI ... 1881&pli=1

You might also just try to find a similar pot with a lid that fits.

[gingkoseto]

Imen had some luck with JB-Weld, even with a kettle that sits on top of a charcoal stove. Supposedly it's food safe and can take up to 400F. Seems a little weird to me, but you could try it.

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogI ... 1881&pli=1

You might also just try to find a similar pot with a lid that fits.

Hey that may work for a broken handle of mine. Thanks! I would hesitate on using it for a lid though. Actually my pot is quite new and I could even trace back to the seller and the maker's studio to ask for a new lid. And I know the maker does many copies of this pot so chances are I can get a lid. I like the pot a lot, but it's just a well made inexpensive pot and I haven't decided yet if it's worth the trouble/transportation to get a new lid

What about funori?

http://aic.stanford.edu/sg/bpg...03-05.html

Probably won't stand up to water either.

This looks very neat! I think I know what they talk about. When I soak seaweed to prepare seaweed salad, I can feel the sticky texture of the water. It's great to have a "web" product, that will be easier to use than either rice soup or seaweed soup I guess it's water soluble, as rice soup. But will serve some other functions well!

[yee]

http://chayiorg-ru.blogspot.com/2009/02 ... st_23.html A few pictures of this very very "Cool way":-)