I suppose I should have put a (sic) after "repairing" as reinstatement
isn't really the objective here; I'm merely looking for a cosmetic repair
that is sufficiently durable.
A coloured cylindrical glass vase (that used to belong to my wife's mother,
hence the importance attached to it) has broken cleanly about halfway up,
so that there are two pieces - a "cup" and a cylinder - that fit perfectly
together.
The one repair attempt so far was a failure, where the bond simply failed
to "take", and the glue residue could be peeled from the sheared surfaces.
The glue used has glassware on its list of materials for which it's
supposed to be ideal. Any suggestions for an adhesive that will do an
effective job?

--
Peter

"Appelation Controlee" wrote in message
...

I suppose I should have put a (sic) after "repairing" as reinstatement
isn't really the objective here; I'm merely looking for a cosmetic repair
that is sufficiently durable.
A coloured cylindrical glass vase (that used to belong to my wife's
mother,
hence the importance attached to it) has broken cleanly about halfway up,
so that there are two pieces - a "cup" and a cylinder - that fit perfectly
together.
The one repair attempt so far was a failure, where the bond simply failed
to "take", and the glue residue could be peeled from the sheared surfaces.
The glue used has glassware on its list of materials for which it's
supposed to be ideal. Any suggestions for an adhesive that will do an
effective job?


http://www.repairproducts.co.uk/page39.htm

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:14:37 +0100, Appelation Controlee wrote:

Any suggestions for an adhesive that will do an
effective job?

"Loctite Glass Bond". Clean surfaces, apply, adjust at your leisure, stand in UV
light such as sunlight. Scrape off execess carefully with a razor blade.

I have a similar repair that is near-invisible, and has been washed by hand
often...


Thomas Prufer

In message , Thomas Prufer
writes
On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:14:37 +0100, Appelation Controlee
wrote:

Any suggestions for an adhesive that will do an
effective job?

"Loctite Glass Bond". Clean surfaces, apply, adjust at your leisure,
stand in UV
light such as sunlight. Scrape off execess carefully with a razor blade.
I've used that stuff to repair tacky 'crystal' figurines that got
damaged in a move.

I found that sunlight through double glazed windows lead to a very long
cure time, a PCB transparency exposure unit cured it in minutes, putting
the things outside also worked but only on a blue sky day. a fake
banknote checker lamp would probably also work.

I have a similar repair that is near-invisible, and has been washed by hand
often...
Fortunately the crystal figurines have long gone so I can't comment on
the longevity but it seemed to work well at the time.


Thomas Prufer

--
Clint Sharp

In article ,
Clint Sharp writes:
I found that sunlight through double glazed windows lead to a very long
cure time, a PCB transparency exposure unit cured it in minutes, putting
the things outside also worked but only on a blue sky day. a fake
banknote checker lamp would probably also work.

I have a 20,000K 250W metal halide lamp (often used to illuminate
corals and tropical fish tanks), which generates enough UV to
generate ozone, and that cured it very quickly.

--
Andrew Gabriel
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On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:14:37 +0100, Appelation Controlee wrote:

I suppose I should have put a (sic) after "repairing" as reinstatement
isn't really the objective here; I'm merely looking for a cosmetic repair
that is sufficiently durable.
A coloured cylindrical glass vase (that used to belong to my wife's mother,
hence the importance attached to it) has broken cleanly about halfway up,
so that there are two pieces - a "cup" and a cylinder - that fit perfectly
together.
The one repair attempt so far was a failure, where the bond simply failed
to "take", and the glue residue could be peeled from the sheared surfaces.
The glue used has glassware on its list of materials for which it's
supposed to be ideal. Any suggestions for an adhesive that will do an
effective job?

Thanks to all for the help. :-)