Yup your china is getting a day at the spa curious about how it works.
How to fix ceramic plate with milk.
A plate isn t just glued together.
You want the milk to cover the leaking area and then some to account for evaporation.
It s mended with with metallic veins.
Unless you drop your china and it shatters into a million pieces which is usually my luck it probably only suffered a small crack from a fall or mishap.
Then placed it in the refrigerator for three days and pulled out one perfect plate.
The idea is simple.
Gild the flaw and it becomes lovely making permanent the drops and breaks and chips in the porcelain s past.
I never thought this would work but tried it after my son told me it would work.
While the overall effect of kintsugi is that of a repaired ceramic when it s fixed the break in the piece becomes part of its structure and part of its beauty.
I put a plate that was broken in three separate pieces and scotch taped back together in a large container and submerged it in milk.
Now as it warms gently.
Turn the oven on to a very low heat and put the plate inside.
Milk contains a protein casein that with heat can be formed into a natural plastic.
A cracked plate will inevitably break if you turn a blind eye.
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It isn t thrown away.
Fret not though the fix is simple.
You place your cracked piece in a pot and cover it.
Instead of just waiting for the day it inevitably breaks for good try giving it a milk bath.
Pour milk already close to its expiration date into the teapot.
If you can carefully tip and support the pot in a safe place you can use less milk and the process will go more quickly.