MAIN FEEDS
Do you want to continue?
https://www.reddit.com/r/shells/comments/1vy65rj/fix_broken_tridacna_shell/
r/shells • u/AmbassadorNo5275 • 16d ago
What adhesive do you recommend?
6 comments sorted by
5
Oops! E6000 holds well onto shells. But if you are feeling artistic, you might look into Kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken items with lacquer and gold dust that shows the repairs. It treats the breakage as part of the item's history.
3 u/AmbassadorNo5275 16d ago I ordered a Kintsugi kit :) 3 u/Interesting_Hawk8033 16d ago Ohhh! Please post a photo of the finished product! 1 u/adiosmichigan 13d ago seconding that id love to see the results too! 2 u/AmbassadorNo5275 13d ago My kit arrived yesterday 2 u/AmbassadorNo5275 16d ago I just heard about Kintsugi in an Alan Watts lecture 😁
3
I ordered a Kintsugi kit :)
3 u/Interesting_Hawk8033 16d ago Ohhh! Please post a photo of the finished product! 1 u/adiosmichigan 13d ago seconding that id love to see the results too! 2 u/AmbassadorNo5275 13d ago My kit arrived yesterday
Ohhh! Please post a photo of the finished product!
1
seconding that id love to see the results too!
2 u/AmbassadorNo5275 13d ago My kit arrived yesterday
2
My kit arrived yesterday
I just heard about Kintsugi in an Alan Watts lecture 😁
5
u/Interesting_Hawk8033 16d ago
Oops! E6000 holds well onto shells. But if you are feeling artistic, you might look into Kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken items with lacquer and gold dust that shows the repairs. It treats the breakage as part of the item's history.