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Mar 30th, '08, 21:57
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by tomd » Mar 30th, '08, 21:57

Is there anyway to fix a broken pot? I accedentally dropped my kyuusu and it split down the middle. I was wondering if you could use a ceramics glue on it

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Mar 30th, '08, 22:38
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by chrl42 » Mar 30th, '08, 22:38

Use a wire instead. I see many people fix porcelain or yixing teapot using iron wire though I never actually tried.

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by betta » Mar 31st, '08, 12:54

I'm not sure whether I get it right.
If you have a tiny crack on the pot and want to fix it so that the water doesn't seep through the crack out of the pot, you can try a traditional method done by japanese.
I myself repaired one of my 1 mm thick yixing from a growing crack by applying water phase of porridge. Repeating application and subsequent drying will completely fix the crack. But if you broke the pot, I don't know how to fix it.
I'm talking about fixing less than 1 mm wide but long crack, not a broken piece of pot.

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