repair help for Mdina fused piece
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 9:03 am
Hi all,
I apologize in advance for requesting cold help on the kilnworking board, but I didn't know where else to turn. I have been asked to repair a 20" Mdina glass platter from Malta which was dropped, broken into lots of pieces--some big, some shards--and then mostly glued back together with a glue of unknown type. The platter is 1/4" clear glass with opal streaky colors "painted" in designs on the surface. I have posted a photo at http://www.siyehstudio.com on the Mdina repair tab.
I have tried contacting Mdina glass to get info on the glass and colorants they use to no avail. The owner just wants it to look good enough to hang on a wall (which shouldn't be too difficult as it is highly patterned and you can't really see where it is glued) so I have pretty much ruled out trying to re-fuse it.
The problem comes in the areas where there are actual holes. I need to fill them with some clear substance, then paint them with colors approaching the ones in the patter, then topcoat them for shine. Any ideas what I can use as filler? Am I way off-base in my chosen solution? Care to redirect?
Thanks very much for suggestions/assistance!
Brenda Griffith
Siyeh Studio
_______________________________________
If I have to do everything perfectly, why even start?
Perfectionism and procrastination go hand in hand--they feed one another
and ask us to compromise our creativity.
I apologize in advance for requesting cold help on the kilnworking board, but I didn't know where else to turn. I have been asked to repair a 20" Mdina glass platter from Malta which was dropped, broken into lots of pieces--some big, some shards--and then mostly glued back together with a glue of unknown type. The platter is 1/4" clear glass with opal streaky colors "painted" in designs on the surface. I have posted a photo at http://www.siyehstudio.com on the Mdina repair tab.
I have tried contacting Mdina glass to get info on the glass and colorants they use to no avail. The owner just wants it to look good enough to hang on a wall (which shouldn't be too difficult as it is highly patterned and you can't really see where it is glued) so I have pretty much ruled out trying to re-fuse it.
The problem comes in the areas where there are actual holes. I need to fill them with some clear substance, then paint them with colors approaching the ones in the patter, then topcoat them for shine. Any ideas what I can use as filler? Am I way off-base in my chosen solution? Care to redirect?
Thanks very much for suggestions/assistance!
Brenda Griffith
Siyeh Studio
_______________________________________
If I have to do everything perfectly, why even start?
Perfectionism and procrastination go hand in hand--they feed one another
and ask us to compromise our creativity.