MadDog Mike's Platterful of Pupule - 6 ft Concrete Moai Done! - Other Crafts

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11102	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Wed, Jan 17, 2024 10:43 AM in reply to danlovestikis Wendy it's so sad when you lose something that you have poured your heart into :( A happy ending for my rhino seems elusive. The glaze is repaired, but it developed a crack near the ear, if you look closely you can see it. Unfortunately it leaks. I am thinking I may pour a bit of epoxy resin in the bottom and tilt it to cover the inside of the crack? From my research, FULL CURED epoxy is generally considered to be food safe but is not usually labeled "food safe" because of the hoops required to get that certification. If I do that, it will only be used as a water pitcher and not for alcohol which would stand the chance to leach more chemicals from the epoxy. It holds half a gallon!!! LOL I want to mount the head on a wooden plaque like a trophy head but the boss (wife) says NO!!!! So that's that.

Wendy it's so sad when you lose something that you have poured your heart into :(

A happy ending for my rhino seems elusive. The glaze is repaired, but it developed a crack near the ear, if you look closely you can see it. Unfortunately it leaks.
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I am thinking I may pour a bit of epoxy resin in the bottom and tilt it to cover the inside of the crack? From my research, FULL CURED epoxy is generally considered to be food safe but is not usually labeled "food safe" because of the hoops required to get that certification. If I do that, it will only be used as a water pitcher and not for alcohol which would stand the chance to leach more chemicals from the epoxy. It holds half a gallon!!! LOL

I want to mount the head on a wooden plaque like a trophy head but the boss (wife) says NO!!!! So that's that.

Post #811867 by MadDogMike on Wed, Jan 17, 2024 10:43 AM