Domestic Jobbing - the Repair of Household Articles - with Numerous Engravings and Diagrams

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ... long, as if this is the case it will£not lie flat on the broken article. To complete the repair it is then only necessary to fill up the holes and cracks with plaster-of-Paris mixed with water to the consistency of cream, and either Fig. 49.--Arrangemnt of Rivets for V-piece Broken out of Plate. left white or coloured, according to the articles being mended. Fig. 49 shows the arrangement of rivets tor a plate from which a V-piece has been broken out andwhich is badly cracked as well. Cement would effectively repair a jug broken as shown (see Fig. 50), but if rivets are used distribute them in the manner illustrated. The portion A had best not be tampered with, as it has a very slender hold on the rest of the article, and very little pressure would break it. A good waterproof cement for glass consists of 3 parts plaster-of-Paris, 3 parts litharge, 3 parts whitelead, and 1 part powdered resin--all by measure. When required for use, mix it into a paste (the proper consistency depends on the purpose for which it is required) with boiled linseed oil. It sets hard in three days. To colour a cement, mix with it colouring matter to be purchased at any oil or colour stores. Winchell's cement is given as a universal cement. Procure oz. of white sugar 1£ oz. fine starch, and Fig. 50.--Distribution of Rivets for Broken Jug. 2 oz. clear gum arabic. Crush the gum to a powder, then dissolve it in the quantity of water that would be used in laundry work for the quantity of starch mentioned, and afterwards dissolve both the starch and the sugar in the gum solution. Next place this mixture in some suitable receptacle, and place the latter in a saucepan of boiling water, leaving it thus until the starch becomes clear. The cement will then be ready for use, and shou...