Repairing a Carnival Glass Dish?

Judy
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December 26, 20180 found this helpful

You can use crazy glue. Your dish will have a slight crack, but you can use it.

cybergrannie
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December 26, 20180 found this helpful

I believe you should first ask yourself the question - what does this dish mean to me? Carnival glass comes in all colors and some colors will show up a repair a lot more than regular glass.

• Also, a lot of Carnival glass can be valuable or personal value and professional repair/mending should be considered (usually expensive).
• You do not say if it is a clean break or if there are several pieces (any crushed or missing pieces?) and this might make a difference.
• If you do not know what brand of Carnival glass you have or what value, you can check Replacements for your piece so you will that knowledge before you decide on repairs.
• www.replacements.com/.../carnivalglass.htm
• Here are a couple of web sites that discuss repairs (just in case you are interested in doing a good job).
• www.hunker.com/.../how-to-repair-a-broken-glass-bowl
• home.howstuffworks.com/how-to-repair-kitchen-equipment2...
• Here is a very interesting suggestion that is unusual and also kinda weird..
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• lifehacker.com/.../use-heated-milk-to-repair-your-cracked...
• Here is a link to a company that does repairs/mending of all types of glass.
• www.brueningglass.com/.../

mrdevaney

January 3, 20190 found this helpful

Thank you for the answers. Fortunately, the dish broke almost exactly in half and had very few small chips that came off. I have found the exact same bowl on ebay for not much, but it does have sentimental value. I am going to try to fix with a glass glue and see how it goes. I don't intend on using it for food, just show, so hopefully I can get a good glue and turn it so a crack (if one remains) is not seen.

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cybergrannie
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January 3, 20191 found this helpful

I'm glad it broke clean so you may be able to repair it so that you may be the only one to know it was ever damaged.
Since this has sentimental value it does not seem that a replacement would be a good solution so I wish you good luck with repairs.

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Pghgirl40
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January 4, 20190 found this helpful

Carnival glass can be fixed. I have done it with super glue. The challenges are you can often see the lines as the iridescent feature missing from the break is noticeable.

There are places that professionally finish glass. I have not used this one, but it does say they do carnival glass.

www.brueningglass.com/.../

Any repairs will tank the resale value, but since you are not asking because you want to sell, that is good.

Hope you can get it fixed easily. Post back how it goes!! Good luck and happy new year!