Epoxy dough

Flexible epoxy dough for gluing broken sculpture parts after being burned in a ceramic oven
Wear gloves and knead well before use

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Epoxy dough is intended for gluing parts of a broken statue after it has been fired in a ceramic oven. If the pieces are very small, you can sculpt replacement pieces from the dough. Do not come into contact with the epoxy dough, so be sure to wear gloves before the repair. Weight 30 grams.

Instructions for use and tips for working with epoxy dough

  • The area to be glued should be clean and dry.
  • A piece of dough should be torn off so that it contains both the green part and the gray part. Knead well to a uniform texture and color and place on the two parts of the fracture and connect them.
  • The glued parts should be tightly closed at room temperature.
  • Depending on the shape of the object you are gluing, you can use a clip to fasten the parts, or use anything at your disposal, such as a book or a glass, as a means of supporting stability. It can also be placed on a soft pillow for support.
  • You can sculpt with the epoxy dough small parts that are broken from the sculpture.
  • You can use a wooden spatula to stabilize, fasten and shape the place of gluing.
  • Wait for 24 hours after gluing before the glued object can be used.
  • If necessary, after complete drying the epoxy dough can be sanded.
  • The dough should be kept in an airtight container for reuse.
  • The place of infection will remain green, you can paint after the repair.

At your disposal is a sculpture repair kit that includes epoxy dough

After working on the clay sculpture, it should be prepared for burning. If the preparation for the fire was not done properly, the clay statue, in the process of burning in a ceramic oven, may explode, crack and break. In addition, a ceramic sculpture is fragile, if it falls it may break or crack. Most often, the breakdown of the sculpture is repairable and can be restored using different materials and repair techniques depending on the type of fracture. In the repair kit you will find various putty pastes for filling cracks, various adhesives for connecting and fusing separated parts, epoxy dough for sculpting small parts that exploded and were lost and sandpaper for a final finish of the repair areas.

Explanation of repairing a clay sculpture depending on the damage or type of fracture »

After repairing a sculpture made of natural ceramic clay, you can move on to painting the sculpture using Alexander Cherkov's recommended technique: painting a bronze, wood and aluminum-like sculpture. If it is a clay sculpture that was already finished, but fell and broke, a local repair should be made at the fracture site and then painted according to the color of the sculpture.

Explanation of the method of painting a clay sculpture »

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