Post #751029 by danlovestikis on Thu, Sep 17, 2015 3:05 PM

Tyber Tiki the furthest my work sent me for a conference was Las Vegas. You are a lucky man! I'm happy that your mug design meets your expectations. One step down more to go.

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Yesterday Honu Tiki aka Vance brought over this huge lava art piece by Gecko. Unfortunately the box crushed in the mail and broke off the back leg. kingstiedye and Gecko referred him to the tiki hospital...my home. This is how it all started for me. I repaired tikis for Dan.

First I used this ceramic glue to attach the leg. I used tape and weights to hold it in place. We had a nice visit for a while as it set. If you keep your fingers wet with water you can remove any that squishes out without it sticking to your fingers.

After a while I filled all the areas that had chunks missing. I used Elmer's wood filler. This is wonderful for ceramics.

The next day I mixed black, grey and brown into a matching color and covered over the patch. When the paint was dry I sprayed it with a ceramic matte fix to protect the paint.

All done and ready to go home.

This is a terrific piece of art and I'm so happy to have restored it. Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2015-09-17 15:13 ]