Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-02-14
ag'ashinotun Standard
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.
HoWTO MEND BROKEN CHINA.

HOW 10 MENU 6HOK6N CrINA.
This is a subject about which all
women ought to know a great deal,
and about which most women know
nothing We all have pieces of china
and glass which We greatly prize, and
it is q serious grief when they get
broken. especially if they form part of
a sci, but few people realize that with
care and practice they can be mended
quite we'll at home, instead OF being
sent to shop, on the way to which
they run the risk of being broken still
more.
Most people make the mistake of
joining all the broken pieces of an ar
ticle together at the same time. This
lie quite wrong, the strain on the differ.
ent parts being then so great that
they generally come apart again.
Suppose plate were broken in eight
pieces, the parts should be joined in
couples first, and left one day,
or till quite dry and firm. There
would then be only four pieces to OPP
crate Oh. Two OF these should be
joined ogain and left day, and, final.
ly, the last two pieces be put together
on the third time. 1t takes more
time and trouble, grant, but surely
the result is worth it. Care should
also be taken to see that the pieces are
we'll supported while they are drying.
We often see a dark line where
china has been mended, and this is
because too much cement has been
used, which has been allowed to escape
and dry. This has very bad appear
ance. Only just sufficient should be
laid on with a camel.hair brush, and
should any ooze out afterwards, it
should be Immediately removed with .
fine penknife or soft rag.
The cements used for mending vary
with the quality of the object. For
china or fine earthenware the white of
an egg beaten up and mixed with
plaster of paris and powdered quick
lime will be found satisfactory, but it
should be mixed just before use, as it
will not keep. For rough earthen-
ware some fnely-grated new cheese,
mixed in equal parts with quicklime,
is efficacious. For most kinds of pot.
terry make curd by adding rennet to
some new milk; strain, and press out
all the moisture. When quite dry
and in hard mass, add one. tenth OF
dry quicklime. and rub the whole into
q powder. Add few pieces Of cam
phor, and keep in a well-corked bottle.
Before using, mix the powder with
white Of an egg until it becomes a
thick cream.
Binding the pieces together after
they have been cemented 10 very tricky
work, and requires light, firm hand,
for, unless they are most carefully
done, they will probably shift and join
all crooked. The binders should be
soft and strong. Tape is excellent for
this object. String should be avoided,
unless it be unusually soft. India.
rubber bands can also be used with
great advantage, while for small, deli
cate pieces. sticking plaster, beeswax
(Which has been previously warmed in
iii hot water). or even sealing.wax.
carefully dropped on the joint. will
answer the purpose quite we'll. It can
be Afterwards scraped carefully off
with . fine penknife.
After china or pottery has been
mended. it often requires patching
I. e.. filing up hole with substance
matching the original article in color
a. near a. possible. There are many
mixtures for this. Colored pottery
can generally be matched by mixing
ground earth colors, such as ochre,
plumbago, burnt sienna, terre.vert.
ETC., with powdered glass, chalk. or
china clay. The powder thus obtained
can be made into paste with any ad-
hesive substance, such ~ fish.glue or
soluble glass. For patching terra.
Gotta. red brick-dust or red lead mixed
with chalk will be found satisfactory.
It must be powdered. then made into
q thick paste with fish-glue.
Glass is mepded in very much the
same way - china and earthenware.
A good cement for glass is made by
mixing one ounce of alcohol with half
An ounce Of pals-colored shellac. while
for patching glass, finely.powdered
glaes and ish-glue mixed into stiff
paste will be found satisfactory. To
mend . cracked bottle or decanter, the
stopper must be inserted, and the bot
tie heated. A glass stopper should
not be used.
Staffins Cold.
From the London Family Doctor.
The man who originated the of
quoted maxim, "Stuff q cold and
stsrve . fever" either did not under
stand what he was writing about, or
he has been widely misunderstood, to
the great injury of multitudes who
hava acfed un0n thu ahsurd maxim.