How To Fix Broken Glassware
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- čas přidán 25. 09. 2017
- Here I demonstrate how I recycle old broken glassware by repairing it with epoxy and removing excess residue with acetone. Please be careful as broken glass is sharp, and acetone vapors are dangerous to inhale and are also flammable. If you fix glass in this way, it can not be heated to high temperatures anymore. If you enjoyed this video, check out some of my others and drop a like and subscribe for more!
Some activities demonstrated in this video may be dangerous to replicate and should NOT be attempted by individuals at home. While chemistry is very enjoyable, safety must always be number one concern and doing research is very important before trying the reactions themselves. This video is solely intended for educational purposes and should not be replicated in any way shape or form at home.
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I accidentally broke the bottom off my favorite vintage glass pitcher, and I was devastated! My mom even threw the pieces away before I could get to them. I knew my dad had some resin in the garage, so I tried this out, and it worked beautifully! Thank you so much, I was so afraid that I was going to have to throw the pitcher out!
Really would not reccomend this for real chemistry buy new glass , but since we're all here for broken bongs it works fine!
Lmao thought i was only one
I just broke my borosilicate distillation unit. (Elbows/L-bends)
Just bought mine a few days ago 😭😭
i mistakenly broke my moms dinner table
😂😂😂🤪🤪🤪
I like to save any ground glass joints (that don't have cracks and could still make a seal), then I can weld them to a piece of glass that it would fit to if I want a ground glass joint to it. EG: weld a 14/20 or even 14/10 joint to something like a test tube (which probably wouldn't work well, honestly).
I haven't yet tried the welding thing, but I see that cody was able to make it work!
Nice tutorial.
Your video is useful but ur demonstration is dope and its difficult u should show the steps too...
Still a Thumbs Up........
My bong broke
Stoner Penguin oil burner bong*
RIP
This is why I’m here also.
Bruh same
Stoner Penguin yo same I’m emotional rn
My mom's gonna whip my ass I just broke one of her drinking glasses💀💀
Thats really a neat thing to do, I have a graham condenser which its fitting broke, that could fix it but I have no Idea hoe strong the connection will be. I think that pieces that are going to have sole pressure on then needs reinforcement. Like putting some extra epoxy outside with some metal mesh so that if it breaks again it contains the shards and gives you enough time to quickly swap it out. Nice Idea though.
Same for me... Just broke the borosilicate distillation unit. (elbows/L-bends)
I discovered same thing some time ago. It works well and is resistant to most of common chemicals. Nice video though
You just saved me so many dollars in bongs. I knew better to throw out the ones that had clean breaks and finally found the answer without even trying lfg!!!
My ex broke my hookah thank u now I’m gonna send a Snapchat video of me smoking my fix hookah haha
I gave a like for the premise of the channel, but not for the actual video, just because Id worry about the reaction between anything in the glassware and the adhesive. great idea for a channel though :)
Could I possibly restore a Hario 02 server with this method as well...
who is here for his broken bong? lmao
a good 60%
The TIME, gasoline and cost of the apoxy to produce a beaker that you cannot heat?
Hi, I stumbled upon your video because I broke my coffee siphon. Do you think that this method is food safe, and can stand up to boiling water?
I know you mentioned not using repaired glass with hot liquids, is my best course of action to just order a new piece?
No
How about borosilicate glass food containers? Works too?
I tried liquid glass for this many times. It works somewhat. Why does it not work perfectly? In theory it should turn into glass. Mine keeps dissolving in water or kinda expanding when heated.
Hello there, got a question for you. I have a broken glass jug I want to fix because it's from my grandmother. And your technique sounds good, but I'm just wondering if it would work with a coloured glass? My jug is kind of pink and I'm afraid the acetone would remove the colour? Could that be possible?
If its painted color, NO! But if it is solid color through the glass, YES!
Pretty sure I'm the only one here because he wants to repair glassware with a sentimental value and not a bong. Just buy one with extra stable glass to reduce chance of breaking it 4head
You're not the only one... I just shattered the 'foot' on a antique glass salt shaker with a ton of sentimental value. Hoping to find the best way to repair it.
What A stupid fucking comment. Why can't you just buy another piece ? Oh because it's sentimental? A bong cannot be sentimental?
Could i use this method for food glass?
Mark Mckay look at the safety data for cured epoxy. I’d do a few tests afterwards to see whether anything leaks into water or oil as well.
My bong's not broken, I don't own a bong, but I did have a drinking glass that I really liked and my mom just toppled it over and broke. If I attempted to fix it this way, would the glass still be fit to drink from or should I just not bother?
Would you eat dinner on an epoxy table?
It will be fine
hope you don't want to use acetone out of it.
How do you repair a long crack on an oil burner ? The oil burner still has the bubble attached it has a long crack on the bubble itself
Torch along the crack until its gone. I've fixed many cracked "oil burners" that way no problem
broke a yard glass needed this weekend
Can this fix my crack pipe?
@Rossely M 😂😂nice to know
Will the chemicals from the epoxy and or acetone get into any future solutions?
Do you think this would still hold if I was making glacial acetic acid in the flask? (So would it hold up to concentrated sulfuric acid and acetic acid fumes?)
I suppose I could try it out on a small piece of epoxy, see if the sulfuric acid degrades it. But was curious if you've tried or not.
I've got a thick, cobalt-blue glass coffee mug that I've been using for years. The best coffee mug, I was really fond of it. It had been microwaved hundreds, if not thousands, of times. Mysteriously, on its last use it neatly split into two pieces. I've looked online for something similar and came up empty. That's how I landed here.
I wish I could find a way to put these two pieces together and come out with a usable coffee mug. Would this produce a fix that would be microwavable and withstand liquid up to 75-80°C?
And, for anyone with some insight, why the heck would the mug break like that? It hadn't recently been shocked, dropped, or abused in any way. It just split in two parts...???
Happened to me with a glass, it breaks like that when you either have a really cold glass and pour a really hot liquid in it or inversely, a really hot glass in which you pour a really cold liquid in it, basically, the thermic shock is what splits the glass in half as it tries to expand or contract
Hope it answers even if i'm 9 months late
@@bear5847 Well, my response to your reply is a lot less than 9 months in waiting, heh!
But, I can rule out thermal shock. This was the same exact routine that I'd used many hundreds of times before.
One possibility that has occurred to me since I initially wrote, is the chance there was some foodstuff on the turntable that resulted in uneven heating of the mug. So, if that was the case, yes, that could be due to uneven heating. Not thermal shock, but uneven expansion. The result would be the same.
I miss that old mug. It was vintage blue cobalt glass, and irreplaceable.
I have a glass jug wherein a little part of the mouth has chipped...can't join it with anything...the jug is fine otherwise but the jagged end on the mouth scares me...how do I fix it?
Use a glass grinding wheel to grind down the sharp jagged edge to a more rounded finish.
@@BadBoyEzRider thanks...it broke in few days as it fell off,we discarded it 😭
Does this work on uranium glass too?
Is this method food safe, for watering plants?
I think it should be okay for watering plants. I wouldn’t say it’s food safe to ingest.
Brother axedently broke my mothers glas bowl she very sad I wan't to fix it.
What is the name of the product you used to fix it?
I just used 5 minute epoxy from dollarama.
You need to show when you are putting the sticky material to the glass. Can't believe you this way lol
What if we have something like acetone that dissolves the epoxy
The chemistry Nerd that'd probably work
The Canadian Chemist no I mean in the glassware because I can think of a lot of things that'd react with that
Then you use a diferent beaker
The chemistry Nerd it's not perfect for everything, but when you can save a bit of money, it's good. I would definitely use a different beaker if I thought it would dissolve
Would this be OK for a glass pipe
Alex Clarke probably not since you will be inhaling plastic vapors if the epoxy heats up
We all know what the round "glassware" was really used for #exposed
😂😂
Not all heros wear caps am i right
But epoxy isn't fire proof, is it?
My poor bong please help
What do I do if it's not broken apart but just cracked?
You can try using a windshield repair kit (epoxy resin). It is a liquid with a pointy tipped applicator and will penetrate any openings, or chips.
Did you try the windshield repair resin suggested by @niconicouana ?
@@BadBoyEzRider nvm it shattered when I touched it...
I need to break my breaking bad..
Maybe good for erlenmeyer and beakers but I wouldnt do it on joint glass ware
yeah unless you are going to have acetone in the beaker... or IPA, or any kind of alcohol solvent. As if your 'fix' is epoxy. If I wanted someone to suggest gluing it I would've asked a 5 year old
Boil them in potassium nitrate at about 375C might bond them and wound heal them.
Hello Delicious DeBlair, will that be after the epoxy has been applied?
Nah I don’t believe ya. It would probbably crack the glass further and do nothing
I just broke one of my favorite glasses
I just cracked my 500ml retort by the neck trying to get the stopper out, fricken pissed.
This probably won’t fix the rock my neighbour threw at my house
Wow... am I the only one here because of a broken salt shaker. lmao.
I heat mine up and stick it back together.
That's like a big Crack pipe
Who else clicked because they're bong broke
Really would not reccomend this for real chemistry, buy new glass, but since we're all here for broken bongs it works fine!
What is a bong?
@@aleksimoose i dont know, just made up the word
@@kemphoss-4791 i’m so stoned this made me laugh thank you
You know, I'm something of a chemist myself.
I accidentally broke one of my moms favorite champagne glasses and a half because I was using it for milk and put it into the sink a little too hard and I’m figuring out how to fix it so she doesn’t freak out
So did she find out 😭
Ooof
I’m at a hotel and I ruined a cup shit!!!!
My aquarium tank broke
You lost me with the concept of a glass bottle breaking into one piece.
Surely the very fact that it is broken means there are at least 2 pieces, otherwise it's just cracked.
Well, do NOT attempt this with dollar store eoxy... It doesn't work at all.
Just take my word for it... Lol
why fix it? glassware is super cheap -eBay man!
some glass has memories in it
For my part, I broke a small piece of purely aesthetic glass which my girlfriend made for me. Hoping to use this method to repair it. Very helpful video in that sense.
i broke a gift from my grandma. i dont want a new one.
I broke a very unique snow globe, I can't seem to find the part to fix it, so this method would be useful
The thumb nail looks exactly like a meth pipe lol
wast of epoxy...
i never broke any labware
jakub rembacz you obviously don't have fun in your lab, nothing like a round bottom flask juggling contest to keep the work lively!
Glass is cheap now a days, work on something to keep the human body in shape don't was time on thing that are cheap
its not a waste to try and fix a gift from your grandma
I spent 60 on mine and it tipped its inside chambers are still in it
It's not cheap if it has sentimental value.
My glass vase that I just broke is Murano glass. Can be repaired but not sold. I bought it 18 years ago for my wedding. It is not just cheap glass.
too much talking