On Sat, 24 Sep 2011 20:35:29 -0400, jeff_wisnia
wrote:

SWMBO and I were visiting family graves at a nearby cemetary today (It's
a Jewish tradition to pay such visits the week before the Jewish new
year begins.)

The oval ceramic tile with her grandmother's photo on it had fallen out
of its recess in her granite tombstone and fortunately I found it in the
grass alongside the stone.

Whatever had been holding it in place for about 60 years finally gave up
and let go. The remains of it in the recess are frangible and feel like
some sort of "plaster".

The back surface of the oval ceramic tile is unglazed and the surface it
will be attached to is smooth granite.

The "This to That" website isn't very helpfull, they don't mention
"stone" and their references to ceramic refer to broken dishes and the like.

http://www.thistothat.com/

I'm thinking some type of epoxy would probably work best, but I'm open
to suggestions.

Thanks guys,

Jeff

They make a stuff for putting tile on stainless steel fireplaces.
Its is a bit drippy and pricey, but it an't coming back off.

I used the last of it fixing numerous holes in my simi trailer with
pennies and quarters. I tryed to get the lid off the gallon paint can
to the point of having the rolled edge of the lid straight and the
channel of the can sticking straight up. Should have taken a picture
of that, looked like someone was starving without a can opener and the
can won. Had to cut the side wall at the top of the can off. PX-85 or
something like that, would have to ask in a big city or good net
searching to find it.


SW