Subject: Adhesive for terracotta tiles
Can anyone recommend an adhesive for sticking together broken terracotta tiles that are part of an outdoors sculpture and subject to very hot and dry summers and wet and windy winters in Adelaide, Australia? In summer the ambient air temperature is regularly over 35 degrees celsius, and I would expect that terracotta tiles in direct sunlight could heat up to a considerably higher temperature than the ambient air temperature. I think that paraloid B72 and B48 do not have a high enough Tg to cope with the hot conditions, and are likely to fail in this sort of environment. (Please note that I am not asking about an adhesive to stick the tiles to the wall, but am interested in the repair of broken tiles, that is adhering ceramic to ceramic.) Renita Ryan Objects Conservator Artlab Australia *** Conservation DistList Instance 16:29 Distributed: Friday, October 25, 2002 Message Id: cdl-16-29-012 ***Received on Thursday, 24 October, 2002