Epoxy glue

דבק אפוקסי שקוף נוזלי במזרק 4 מ"ל מיועד להדבקת חלקים שבורים שאינם כבדים מידי, של פסל קרמי שעבר שריפה בתנור. המזרק מגיע עם צינורית להברגה בפי המזרק לערבוב שני חלקי הדבק A+B. מתאים ליישום עם חומרים שונים: קרמיקה,  עץ, זכוכית, אבן, מתכת, שיש, בטון, פלסטיק. דבק חזק במיוחד, עמיד למים.

Instructions for use and tips for working with epoxy glue

• The area to be glued should be clean and dry.
• Screw the tube into the body of the syringe. Inject the epoxy glue into a surface. Although the glue mixes through the tube, it is recommended to mix again with a spatula on a surface made of plastic or metal. 
• Apply with a spatula the connection area of ​​the glued part and the sculpture.
• The glued parts should be kept tightly at room temperature until completely dry.
• 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.
• Wait for 24 hours after gluing before the glued object can be used.

A sculpture repair kit with epoxy glue is available

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 »