[BCMA] Mending a Glass Sign

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Mending glass
The best adhesive is Hyxtal, can you use it in a Scrabble game?
Hyxtal was designed for conservation, last time I bought it was a while ago
and it cost me 50 UK pounds plus for a few grams , it does not age with
time, wet uncured adhesive needs to live in a fridge
Tips practice first
have Mylar melinex plastic type sheets below so it does stick to the table
Writing have uppermost so the adhesive does not interfere with it
It takes a long long time to cure 1-2 days
If concerned use a professional conservator

If it was really shattered you might have to stick onto a sheet of Perspex
to back it
Paul Harrison BSc in object conservation UCL and Fellow of the
International Institute of Conservation, just moved to Burnaby

On Fri, 20 Mar 2026 at 23:09, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv <
listserv at lists.museum.bc.ca> wrote:

> Hello, conservators and other knowledgeable people...
>
> We have a glass sign from a local dentist's office that met an unfortunate
> mishap while being removed from the wall the other day. I'm attaching a
> photo - as you can hopefully see, it's now in three pieces (two large, obe
> small triangle) but the breaks are clean and they all fit together well. Is
> there any way to glue it back together? Or are we looking at building a
> frame for it? Or both?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tammy
> tammy at crestonmuseum.ca
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