Hey guys ! this is Alex and this is part two of the kintsugi story
You know that beautiful Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics. Thanks to me. Do you Yamashita? I now have the
Varnish I needed an actual lacquer or something
It's more like a figure to create that perfect modern
Sheets on that traditional technique and that is hopefully gonna help me a lot
If I want to fix my beloved
Japanese boat, of course before I can do that. I need to perform loads of gluing bonding tests, and that's why I've got myself
load of second-hand slash damage slash chipped mugs bowls
Let's do this
Three tests in mind go from super simple all the way to a tad more
Complicated but I couldn't wrap my head around
Making my own brand new cups. It doesn't fit with the whole philosophy of kintsugi
Those are all you know slightly damaged or bit chipped
Pieces which is fine cuz I'm gonna fix them
Anyway, when I bought it was only slightly chipped, but because of my very safe and steady bike ride
Things are a bit more useful for the kintsugi technic. Probably I
Know this is for greater good, but still it's gonna be painful to work for science
In this case a cup is very unlikely to be taken now
Okay, test number one the sharpie and some Krazy Glue
So when facing a new obstacle a new problem, I usually go for the most simple obvious solution itself
even if it sounds a bit simplistic sometimes exact same situation what I'm looking for a parking spot, I
Go straight to the the first operation has to be some sanding action
Those cans says so there seems to be a bound
What's going super well there might be an interaction between the
Sharpie ink and the superglue which I left open. What a nice way to start
Okay test number two, I'm gonna be using sugu if you're not familiar with this is like a firm playdough kind of glue
I've been using it quite a few times to fix things around the studio, but I never thought about fixing you know
Sarah me until I saw some pretty lovely fixing over on Pinterest. You know that beautiful thing. I'm gonna try to do that
Yeah, I know it looks like a mess at the moment but trust me it's always the case when you're making something
Okay, since we got a bit of time while it's drying
I just want to give you a little
Kintsugi fact that Japanese technique is usually regarded as being part of a, you know, wider world view called wabi-sabi
within this perspective on life in general things not only are beautiful because they're symmetric or just
Perfect or permanent but more because they are impermanent
imperfect and incomplete
Okay, so to fully cure Subaru needs 24 hours, but we can remove the excess way before that
That might not even be a need for
Test number three just want to check something super quick from my personal peace of mind. Okay, so guru
food
Must be okay. I mean it's silicone based
Silicone is food safe. It must be good
That's a shame guys I love the red light, okay
I'm gonna kick things up a notch. And in this test, I'm gonna be using epoxy glue. Right and since this is liquid
I'm also gonna add some gold color a quick disclaimer about epoxy. I'm not gonna replicate the same mistake twice
This is food safe epoxy
I can share a link in the description box down below and even this is a food coloring
So things should hopefully be fine
This a few rules should be respected in order for things to go in the right direction like not to be a spitter
That's what I mean one working ventilated area where gloves?
I'm afraid I'm currently facing a difficulty this reason that I'm using it's too runny this time, so
So, I think it's at the core of its composition since there is no additives there is no
You know catalyzer other than be hard on it. So it's almost impossible to you know, keep two pieces together
While they're curing. Well, I know what I could do
I could be using this super not food safe a five minute epoxy which is super convenient
It holds the pieces together while it's curing it's just personally I wish I could use that
But instead I'm gonna find another idea for this
I'm fed up with the test. It's probably time to grow a time to get the ball out and fix it for good
So many pieces I guess that's what I live for, okay, so three two one
If I drop it I'm gonna kill myself 100 percent
Sookie this tutorial might be one of the very few on the Internet which makes it food safe at the end
It might be the only one pardon my french
Is it a cocky comment? Yes my French guy cooking
Yes
Guy cooking. I'm the French guy cooking
Right. So in order for you to replicate that process at home
Here's the whole thing
broken down ballot by ballot first you need to perform what is called a dry fit just to understand how the pieces
Work together then you need to send the profile of the section. Then you need to mix the epoxy glue
Respecting the exact proportions technically you would then use that vision straight away. But that's where I
Defer from from from the rules again instead. I wait
for the glue to be stickier and
figure take the pieces together don't start with like like a hundred pieces if you're actually
Missing a piece on your repair then you can replace it with a mix of wheat flour plus epoxy glue
Then you'll have to wait for about eight hours there using a blade you want to trim up to remove the excess
glue on those lines
Next you want to brush those line with a very thin
Paintbrush, but this time you don't have to wait for the glue to dry
in fact
It's better to use it when it's really run and that's when you want to sprinkle a lavish amount of gold powder
It will stick to those lines and then you will wipe out the excess
When in my defense I said I was gonna create a nice cheats on it
I didn't say I was just gonna break the rule of the universe and also you gotta take into account that the
Traditional method takes three months. This is like
Probably a day or two of work. It's just
piece of cake from a Japanese point of view
So just so you know
I made another piece really thin porcelain of China if I say French China bit confusing copy
I will ship that directly to mizu you Yamashita's studio. Not exactly for her to appreciate my
Interview skills. I know it's just a way of saying thank you. So guys, that's it
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