RE: Broken terra cotta
- Subject: RE: Broken terra cotta
- From: "Donna " j*@prairieinet.net
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 18:27:04 -0500
Head over to the auto parts store and buy yourself some bondo. Works
great and can even be painted.
Donna
>
> I'm trying to re-repair a foot high concrete rabbit (the only good
kind
> for
> the garden) with broken ears. I soaked it for a week in a bucket of
water
> to
> remove the sad-looking glue job my DH tried - Elmer's and then epoxy).
I
> just bought Duro Metal/Concrete Epoxy for the sticking together part
of
> the
> job and some gray Sashco Mor-flex Mortar & Stucco Repair Sealant to
fill
> in
> the cracks. But I can't try all this until the bunny dries out again.
I
> don't know if this will work.
>
> Concrete is nothing like terra cotta, however. I gave up on large
terra
> cotta pots that are too large to bring inside and which just cannot
take
> the
> freeze/thaws of winter.
>
> -Barb in WI
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