Home-Made Cement for China
Dear Aunt Daisy, Can you give me the name of a good cement for china? I should be very grateful.-Hunterville. Any of the good cements on the market will do the job for you, I think. There are also shops which do rivetting of china, ‘and pyrex, and so on, very satistactorily. If, however, you would like to try a home-made cement, given to me as a trade recipe, here are four. Chinese Cement.-Dissolve shellac in enough methylated spirits to make a liquid as thick as treacle. This can be used for glass, china, ornaments, etc. White Cement.-Make a strong solution of gum arabic in water, and stir in plaster of paris till it is quite thick. Apply with a brush to the broken edges, and press them together. Cement.-Mix plaster of paris to a paste with beaten white of egg. For'a Broken Casserole.-Melt some alum in a tin lid, and paint it on to the broken edges. Press together. Work quickly, as the slum sets almost immediately.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 130, 19 December 1941, Page 45
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