How To Repair Ceramic Plate

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Ceramic & Sculpture Repair Lessons
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Fixing broken plate lesson - basic lesson

Cementing only lesson

Fixing chipped Italian platter lesson step-by-step lesson

Chipped pottery repair lesson

Complete ceramic repair lesson

Fixing broken vase - more complex repair

Restore vase lesson

How to replace Stoneware crock's rim

kintsugi - mending broken pottery with golden jointery

Kintsugi - mending with gold

How to fix ceramic crack

Restoring multi breaks and missing piece antique bowl

Restore bowl lesson w/ missing pieces

Restoring ancient pottery steps

Lladro figurine - Restoring ceramic sculpture with missing pieces using fired clay

Sculpting missing pieces - Lladro

How to paint broken china, ceramic or pottery?

Painting pottery after repair

Cybis Arion Boy on Dolphin - Repair Broken and Missing Finger

Miniature repair w/ missing finger

Restoring ceramic sculpture with missing pieces using fired clay

Making missing part w/ fired clay

Repairing broken stone sculpture

Bronze sculpture repair

Restoring large stone sculpture / statue

Restoring stone sculpture / statue

Plaster figure / statue reapir

Repairing broken plaster of paris tall lamp

Plaster lamp repair w/ missing parts

Heavily damaged ceramic figurine repair

Restoring small porcealin figurines - shoe

Miniature Porcelain

How to remove old epoxy from old pottery or china

Removing stains

Removing old glue

More Lessons

We have received inquiries with regard to our repairing pottery basic lesson asking how to repair more complex broken ceramic art (porcelain, pottery, china, stone, wood) when some pieces are missing, hiding the repair lines and coloring is required..

Some of the answered questions below are:
A) What materials and tools to use?
B) How to cement the pieces?
C) How to fill in gaps?
D) How to hide repair line?
E) How to restore color, luster and glaze?

To illustrate the process, below we show two recent restoration antique chinese plate repair and restoration. Before you get started, note that for an experienced person with all the proper tools and material, this repair took 3-4 hours beginning to end (not counting "waiting to cure" time). So make sure you budget your time and do not have to stop in the middle of some important time dependant tasks. To see the previous and more basic lesson, visit: Repairing Broken Pottery Lesson 1.

Lesson 2: Broken Plate Repair, Filling in and Coloring ( See video )
Broken antique plate	Vise with soft clamps	Mix well 2-part clear epoxy
Apply epoxy	Place1st piece - push hard	Check for perfect alignment
Use glue gun to keep in place	Back view	Clean epoxy on other repair areas
Apply glue on 2nd piece	Place tightly	Align perfectly
With a pintool, feel alignment	Use glue gun to keep in place	Scrape excess epoxy - front
Scrape excess epoxy - back	Mix white epoxy filler	Fill in missing pieces w / epoxy
Apply Magic Sculpt or PC-11)	Rough clean epoxy	Sandpaper surface
Clean surface with alcohol	Mix fine epoxy filler (magic Smooth)	Apply epoxy
Spread epoxy	Sandpaper epoxy	Use fine sandpaper (Dremel)
Polish surface	Fine polish surface	Clean and ready for coloring
Mix colors and additives	Apply colors: see painting tutorial	Apply high-end cold glaze
Before - click picture to enlarge	Analysis - breaking the plate and the repair strength - video	After - click picture to enlarge

IMPORTANT: Ceramic restoration materials are not food safe, liquid or heat proof (over 190 degree F) and repaired items should not be used on cooking or food serving ware more...