Repairing and Restoring China and Glass The Klein Method

From the jacket: This encyclopedic book for restorers gives careful step-by-step instructions on how to repair and restore china and glass from start to finish. without firing. With ordinary mechanical skill and a minimum of tools, the average person can learn from this book how to make successful repairs on heirlooms and art objects, on favorite dinnerware or figurines, vases, porcelain clocks, china dolls -even chipped bathtubs or refrigerators. Instructions cover glass, porcelain, and pottery. The techniques include grinding, riveting. molding, application of repair substances. preparation for decorating, and the decorating itself. The use, care, availability, and description of all necessary supplies and equipment are fully explained. The author tells-and the pictures show-just the right angle to hold the grinder while making internal rivet grooves. Mr. Klein gives full instructions, amply supplemented by photographs and drawings. on all sorts of repairs. from a simple chip or crack, through breaks where all the pieces are available, to actually molding or casting missing parts and then redecorating by restoring intricate patterns like flowers and leaves, or replacing a hand or a leg on a figure. A chapter explains the fine points of decorating repairs, including how to restore all sorts of designs. and how to camouflage a crack to make it invisible. This may involve hand painting and the use of the airbrush in redecorating. both of which are described. About 130 photographs and drawings appear in the text, in many cases arranged in groups to show certain repairs in step-by-step sequence. Ten repair examples and six repair operation sheets are included at the back of the book. Throughout the book paragraphs are numbered for easy cross reference, and at the end of most chapters is a complete step-sequence with references for quick explanations.