Waaah....!...my vessel broke!!

Oct 08, 2004 3 Replies
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I have had this little black vessel for a couple years, so I don't know who made it, nor if I had assurances of it being properly annealed. I FINALLY found the instructions for the wrapping of a vessel, and picked up the vessel, and the NECK fell RIGHT off! Waaahhh...



I'm not guessing that there's a nice way to repair it? I've got hypo cement, so if it's worth the trouble, I can try that.



Waaaahhh...


The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!)



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I'm so sorry, Fiddy dear. If it were me, I'd try the HypoCement, and immediately wipe off all the excess that comes gushing out when you squeeze the pieces together.

~~ Sooz To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~~Joseph Chilton Pearce

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I'd try the cement.

Just so you know, proper annealing doesn't prevent breakage. It just reduces stress in the glass. If a piece suffered thermal shock during its creation, that isn't "fixed" by annealing. It would break sometime in the future. Your description of the break point is a very common one for vessels.

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Ah, now see...I learned something today! LOL....at the price of my lil vessel...

The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!)

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