crockery repairs

Superglue. I think crockery was the one thing it did work for.

Not advised for strength. Epoxy is good. White milliput for gap filling or standard two part epoxy if you can clamp or tape. Stoving works well, up to 100°C. Stoved epoxy will stand the same heat it was stoved at up to boiling and a tad beyond. Clean excess off before it sets with acetone or MEK.

mix epoxy as exactly and as thoroughly as possible.

Buy a new one.

long out of production, and not enough broken items to sling the lot out yet ...

That's bullshit, it works in plenty of other places and isnt great for crockery repair.

If it was mine, I would use rapid araldite, applied very sparingly with a pin. Superglue is too fast IMO and goes off before the chip is bedded exactly into position, while ordinary Araldite tales too long. Rapid araldite gives you about five minutes, neither too fast nor too slow.

It was developed for sticking two bits of skin together

But since you said it was cheap stuff, why does it have to match the existing stuff ?

I wouldnt use repaired stuff myself.

Wrong

One of the most stunning examples of very unexpected later uses.

a trace of TiO2 pigment in to make it white helps hide the crack. Normal araldite is translucent enough to look dirty brown or black. The thinnest layer you can get away with so be sure to clamp the piece into position - it goes very liquid just before it cures.

Aldi/Lidl sell a white epoxy every now and then for this very purpose.

isn't milliput a white epoxy?

It has a lot of filler in as well

comes in various different colours, but, yes, it says it's an epoxy on the packet.

Tell the BBC researchers that they are priceless family heirlooms and the Repair Shop might do it for free.

yes it is, although other colours are available

Unlikely when they see that it is just cheap everyday crockery.

They might if given a believable sob story and you can cry at will!

Like what. that that was the cup a loved relo drank from just before it died ? I doubt it.

I don't cry at anyone.

If you have the bits and need adhesive, superglue with activator. Locktite do one. The activator is a bit like a felt tip pen, you apply to one surface from memory. Apply glue to the other face and push together. It ?sets? even more rapidly than normal.

I?m not normally a fan of super glue, especially for ceramics, but this seems to work.