Fix Ceramics With Milk

Quick video below to show you how i had to try it.

Fix ceramics with milk.

Grind channel across and along crack. Oct 4 2012 unless you drop your china and it shatters into a million pieces which is usually my luck it probably only suffered a small crack from a fall or mishap. Milk contains a protein casein that with heat can be formed into a natural plastic. You place your cracked piece in a pot and cover it.

It s not a hoax. Boiling your cracked ceramics in milk really can seal up the cracks. In this case we used 12 gauge copper wire. During her research designer ekaterina semenova explored the effects of different dairy products and waste when used as a glaze on ceramics which makes the clay both more durable and waterproof.

Allow to cool in milk and then remove and rinse. Yup your china is getting a day at the spa curious about how it works. We textured the surface for better bond with the adhesive. The binding is definitely not strong enough to effectively hold your ceramics together for daily use either.

The razor blade is inserted in the crack to widen the gap for better epoxy penetration to the walls of the crack. Instead of just waiting for the day it inevitably breaks for good try giving it a milk bath. Since i intend on drinking coffee out of my mug this seemed like the least toxic option and i figured it couldn t do any harm. Unless you drop your china and it shatters into a million pieces which is usually my luck it probably only suffered a small crack from a fall or mishap.

Milk is organic meaning that not only will it decompose it can and probably will attract biological growth not to mention potential pests to feed on your newly repaired plate. Okay seriously i just read the following you place your cracked piece in a pot and cover it with two cups of milk or more if needed. To my amazement it worked. Yup your china is getting a day at the spa curious about how it works.

Care for milk project is an attempt to reclaim the way milk used to be valued prior to its mega industrialisation. Cristobal sarabia an awesome fan asked us to check this out so we did. Use this to your advantage if you ever crack a fine plate or dish that looks fine otherwise by dunking it in. How to repair a ceramic mug with milk.

Can you fix a broken plate with milk. The idea is simple.