Post #465148 by MadDogMike on Sun, Jun 28, 2009 6:52 AM

Thank you Palapala. The walls are actually tan, you can see the contrast with the white trim. The walls were a rich faux glaze gold before we painted them tan, not my choice :)

I've posted this crack repair technique before but it bears repeating. I had a small piece that cracked all the way through while it was drying, this is no surface crack.

I took the same clay I was working with, dried it, powdered it and screened it very fine (like flour). I put it in an unglazed bowl and bisque fired it. After it was cool, I screened it again and mixed it with glaze to make a thin putty. The putty was worked into the crack from both sides using fingers, tools, brush, etc. Allowed to dry, given 3 coats of glaze on both sides and glaze fired.

It sealed tight. The crack is still visible only because I used clear glaze, would be a lot less noticeable with an opaque glaze.

Of course, this won't work for every crack but it's worth a shot.