Repairing a Porcelain Figurine?

This Christmas, I visited my mother and she had Mother Mary Lenox porcelain figurine with a broken hand. I researched it and found that the most important thing in her setting was to make sure all the glue that had been used to attempt to fix it was removed. The internet said to boil it but that did not sit well with Mom so I poured hot water from the tap into a bowl in which the figurine was laying. I did this 10 times over a day and over the day, the two different glues came off and the bone color became pure white again.

I believe having a clean surface for glue to work is very important. Then I used Krazy glue - which came from my days in the Air Force, some 40 years ago before you could purchase it outright. It really is a special glue. I used the pen that she had that has a white tip that allows just a little to come out and it did the trick. I held the hand on for 30 seconds as instructed and it was a fine fix.

Good luck

Respectfully yours,

Eric Wingerson