Please note that cured artresin has a heat resistance up to 50°C, which means you can't pour hot liquids (like tea or coffe) into your repaired item. Really cool alternative regardless!
I don't know, it got 44 likes. I'm humble enough to be impressed by that amount. :-) But thanks for reminding me about it a month later. I had a rough day and I needed that little bit of positivity.
Now you need to do a second book with your non-cooking projects like this! (Congratulations on the book launch by the way, I've been enjoying my copy).
I know we are debating Alex's verbiage using Cheat, Cheat's and such but I enjoy the little quirks (read:mistakes) in his English. It adds character to the videos. Like when he's putting on the blue glove and the caption said he "always forgot to put on the gloves. Bad Alex" obviously he should have said he always forgets not forgot but I hope he doesn't sweat the grammar too much so the videos stay natural.
YES!!!! i totally agree!!!!!!!! Thank you Mike for standing up to all the trolls out there!!!! Alex, please be yourself. The fact that you speak in English in your videos instead of French the whole/most of the time is a blessing. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I've been scouring UA-cam for kintsugi how-tos for one of my short stories. My main character is an artist, whereas I'm not, so finding a tutorial I could translate into my character's actions was pretty hard. Finally I have one! Your breakdown and summary at the end was especially insightful. I've got ASD, so if some informative points or manuals are surrounded by fluff it's hard for me to process. Thank you so much for this video!
That's why I love this channel... The food, the artistry, the edit, the music, the poetry, and above all: the RANDOMNESS. Keep on being this "randomly amazing/amazingly random" human being Alex.
I found this video while looking for food safe methods for this. I already found the Art Resin and was thinking of using it, but it looked way too viscous so I was hoping someone had a food safe clay like epoxy. The waiting an hour and adding flour though seems like a good idea. I really wish you had more of those details of actually using the final method in this video. You went into all this detail for everything that didn't work, then it felt like you glanced over the whole thing that did work :(
Something broken can be made whole, and made stronger, but only with support. I loved this. The whole idea of kintsugi was new to me before this video. I love your commitment and passion.
I've done this without knowing about Wabi-Sabi and Kintsugi. I did it with one of my grann's white run-off-the-mill coffee cups she gave me when i started living on my own. She had won a whole set with bingo, but being a real OG granny she had moooore than enough cups, from gifts and trips (She has a fine collection of coffeecups from all West-German(!) states, so this then poor student (moi) was gifted a stockpile of cups to last me a lifetime... I had dropped one of them (the bingo ones, not the W-German!) and i actually liked the plain, industrial aesthetic of it. So I painted the broken pieces with a deep black ink on the rough edges, let it dry and then superglued it. It created very fine, contrasting black lines. I put a tiny succulent plant in it. 4 years later and both cup and plant are still going strong! If u want to safe a cup but give it a non-food new live there are, as pointed out in the vid a looot of quick-'n-dirty options! :D
I would like to see more testing, for example, many epoxies become soft when heated. In fact boiling water is a great way to remove epoxy when you've made a mistake. So using the bowl for soup could end in tragedy, especially over several uses. Also less likely to be an issue, epoxy can become brittle when frozen, so you might need to avoid that as well. But then, it may not be any more brittle than the porcelain itself.
art resin should be okay in regards to heat - it's good to go through the dishwasher, and is fda approved food safe, even with direct contact, so I suspect it should be fine
I found a food safe glue at somepoint to repair a chipped earthenware mug and it held up fine to daily coffee. we hand wash all our earthenware. i cannot recall the brand, hence my current search.
@@Musicloverlife1 Art Resin is only food safe when at safe temperatures for the epoxy. Their website specifically states that is it NOT food safe at temps higher than 50c/120f.
Thank you for the completeness of this repair process. I just broke my large raku pot that I commissioned 40 years ago. It was my prized possession! Now that I have grieved for a few day I’m ready to attempt a repair. Because of your video, I have a place to start.
Same Here! I was in the middle of my movie once I saw the new video... Screw the movie Alex is back on. Shame it's only 10 minutes . I already bing watched all his video's
Yay! So glad to have stumbled upon your channel. I kept putting off trying to fix my broken ceramics but I kept.. accumulating broken ceramics and thought ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Today is the day I figure out what the heck I need to do to fix my beloved broken pieces. Merci, Alex!
Hey Alex, there is a faster way to cure the epoxy, if you heat the resin to warm in the microwave and then add the hardener, this will speed up the curing process, you could test the temperature to adjust the time.
You also can put small amount of mixed epoxy on cooking foil and the heat it with lighter. Epoxy will cure in minute or two after application. And hairdryer can also help you.
so...I tried this microwave method. did it twice. I could not get it to speed up the curing process. It was quite warm after 10 seconds but still not thick enough so I microwaved the whole thing for 30 seconds about 15m later. Still no good. In fact I actually had to wait an hour and even then it was not sticky enough to keep everything together solidly. From my experience so far I'd just wait for an hour or more to make sure the epoxy is nice and thick. Unless of course anyone else has other/better experiences? Please put response here.
You really are in the kintsugi spirit. It is said that some people admired the technique so much they actually broke pieces so they could be repaired. You really need to spend some time in Japan. I have been watching the "Trails to Tsukiji" UA-cam series (it is in English) and I was stunned and amazed at how much work and dedication Japanese farmers put into producing the finest fruits and vegetables. There is a reason that Japan has more Michelin star restaurants than any other country. I think it would be a dream for you.
This. It isn't food safe (or possibly physically stable?) when in contact with anything hotter than that. It can be a nut/candy bowl, but it can't be a hot soup bowl.
I'm glad this was near the top of the comments when I checked. My girlfriend broke a large glass cooking pot that she got, and I was gonna use this to fix it.
About not deliberately breaking new ceramics/pottery - if I'm not mistaken, once kintsugi took off, people actually started doing just that! The general philosophy is that the piece is meant to look more beautiful after being broken THEN repaired than in its previous whole state. And *WOW!* The bowl looks absolutely beautiful! This is EXACTLY the video I was looking for - a food-safe and much less expensive form of DIY kintsugi. Thank you so much for this video, Alex!
Another option would be to use the "none food safe" techniques, to hold it together, and then slowly, carefully, line the cup with a food-safe inner liner, which would keep the user from getting sick from the non-food-safe, by covering it with a food-safe sealant. This would allow you to have the beauty and strength of the traditional techniques, while still having the ability to use it as a functional container.
Your book came yesterday. Great book. Full of great ideas. Being from New Orleans, my mother as stuborn as she is in cooking, liked it. So, momma approved.
for future reference, do NOT sand the broken edges. the pieces will actually fit back together more securely if you do not sand. those natural granular places will hold themselves together better as they broke rather than trying to set smooth surfaces together
making the edges smoother is not the point... the traditional art of kintsugi does sand the edges so that the gold is more visible in the final result (more space to fill). If you don't sand, you'll have little to nothing to paint with the gold powder. Instead, it will look bad because it will be a perfect flat fit with lines painted on them.
Sorry to disagree with OP, but please DO sand the edges or take them down a little with a diamond file. You don’t want the pieces to fit back together so securely that there is no room for your filling and gold. It’s a good tip if you just want to repair something, but it’s not preferable in this application.
Alex, there is available a gold or silver paste (just like sugru) which is made from the actual metal and is used for jewelry making. Maybe using it (unlike sugru it needs to be fired) would be much more like the traditional technique.
Kitchen Scalpel oooooh I’d love to see this technique tested!! Although I’m not sure what temperature you have to fire that at (and whether a cracked bowl could withstand it)?
Alex, Here's a tip from the epoxy soaked world of boatbuilding. If you want a thick colloid that won't run get some colloidal silica and mix that with you resin until you get the desired consistency. No runs or drips. You should probably mix in your colorant first then thicken to taste. As for using flour, that's probably fine, woodworkers use wood flour that they collect from their sanders. Wood flour is probably better than wheat flour because it is mostly cellulose and therefore fibrous. White flour is mostly starch so it doesn't really contribute as much to the strength of the mix. Also the slow setting epoxy is much better than the 5 minute variety. No panic, lots of time to move things around. Superglue, aka. cyanoacrylate resin isn't a good choice at all. It isn't water resistant and it doesn't stand up to heat so your bowl is likely to come apart with the first batch of ramen. You could also consider urethane glues but they are rather more rubbery and even messier than epoxy. I don't think urethanes will mix as well with your colorants either but they don't require the colloidal agents. All epoxies are probably food safe if you strictly follow the mixing proportions (best by weight) and give them time to cure. The component ingredients may be pretty nasty but the cured product is quite stable, heat, chemical, and water resistant. What's more epoxy sticks to almost everything which ain't the case with cyanoacrylates. Nice video. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for your informed response! Perhaps you can help me... I'm looking for a gluten free alternative to wheat flour that can be used. While I assume the entire surface would be coated with a later of resin, this relax would be much happier if there wasn't an issue at all. Would other floor work? Is the goal to just give structure, or is the stickiness of gluten necessary? I have a number of pieces I'm looking to fix, some of which have gaps. Thanks!
Tracy, Epoxy is stickier than anything. Gluten won't make a difference. I wouldn't use anything organic for this purpose. I'd go for colloidal silica and, if you really want kinsugi, use gold powder for a colorant. Kind of expensive though. A cheaper alternative to the colloidal silica would be microbaloons but that's more of a filler and you really shouldn't need any filler for this work.
Thank you for your information : "Ritzenhoff". I searched but found another one which is maybe the same from Alex : "Sendan Tokusa". It has the golden Ring like the one from Alex. The one from Ritzenhoff is blue and the sides are white :/
Honestly I am lost for words the bowl looks so amazing and beautiful, it looks like a piece of heaven arrived and landed on Earth for us to enjoy. Repaired looks even better than how it was. It gives the bowl a story that it tells something like character that is very unique and personal nothing else can compare to. Love your work, i would like to try it once myself at home if i get a chnace. Thumbs up from me!!
Wonderful. Thank you so much. I have a wonderful Japanese bowl that I broke. I have just been using it for plants because I couldn't figure out how to fix it in a food safe way 😁 I'm definitely going to do this instead
This worked out really well! I’ve got a plate from my great grandmother that has a crack straight down the middle, but I can’t bring myself to throw it out because....memories. I may need to try this-thank you for your experiments!
You can really see the love put in repairing that bowl. It reminded me of a gaiwan i used to own. I used it daily for a whole summer and few months. After some i stopped using it daily because i got a larger one and i drink alot of ball rolled tea. I later brought that gaiwan in college and used it extensively. My heart broke when the gaiwan did. Even if that gaiwan was shit (too small so it heated up way too badly) and quite ugly i felt really sad when i threw it away because it and i had so much history together (it was my first gaiwan). I wish i knew kintsugi before i threw it away.
Can the epoxy resist the heat of hot *salted* water tho, as you would find in ramen? My workplace has an epoxy coated floor, and whenever it got into any contact with saltwater from our aquarium, it reacts to it with discoloration. At worst, you could be pouring yoursef a gorgeous serving, and the bowl just crumbles apart.
Ususally epoxy glue can withstand temperatures up to 100 degrees Celsius, some varieties even more. So unless the ramen is boiling hot when poured, it should be quite safe. I use epoxy glues that hold together until 120 deg. Celsius, so taking a knife handle apart is not so easy anymore... before I could boil the handle off, now it is back to Hammer Time!
I love that you explored this in such detail! You really appreciate the history of the technique, but I think this “new” technique you found is INCREDIBLE. Plus that filmography at the end was masterful 😍 Definitely planning to try this myself!!
I assume the epoxy layer will erode over time. Plus, he has thousands of subscribers. Not the wisest idea to use non-food safe material for the people at home who may try to emulate the video.
That's not a horrible idea... but it's be had to tell for sure that your separation was complete. I also don't actually know HOW unfoodsafe Sugru is... it could just be a case of better safe than sorry.
From the Sugru FAQ: "Sugru is a silicone and cures to a flexible rubber, so paint is likely to crack and flake from it." Presumably, if you're using an epoxy that cures into a hard (i.e. thin+brittle) layer, it would be subject to the same problem - the small amount of flexibility in the cured Sugru would allow pressure (or even thermal expansion) to crack a thin overcoat of epoxy.
I didn’t comment when you mistakenly referred to a bond as “bound” in a previous video (I think you referred to a “bound” between your viewers and yourself) because I VERY MUCH admire your fluency in a language that is not your native one! And I’m very grateful that you make your videos in English ❤️ But I had to pause after the first “bound” reference in this video, and pop a comment down here for you. It’s a video about gluing, so I think there’s going to be lots of discussion about bonding... so someone needs to tell you that “bound” is to jump, or to tie up. “Bond” is to join things together (either literally, like when you glue things together, or figuratively, like the bond between two people). ❤️
We made the French onion soup from your cookbook last night. Good timing as we have just harvested our onions from the garden. Had it with home-made baguette and Gorgonzola cheese and it was delicious! Looking forward to trying the rest.
It sounds like the best answer is to buy a really high-grade, heat-resistant epoxy... Or find a way to hold it together during a re-firing process. That sounds hard, though...
I was surprised that you choose epoxy, because i had in mind that it is pretty toxic, so i looked up what "food safe" epoxy is and found out that it always contains BPA... It is expected to leach out, in more or less small amounts, but i still don't like it. Would be nice to have an alternative, to reduce the exposure to carcinogenic chemicals, especially in food.
some woodworkers use epoxy or resin to finish their work when they make bowls and plate. If you let the epoxy cure completely and wait for a month before using the bowl and wash it before using it, the amount of bpa will become harmless or even disappear. While it is not the best solution, it is the most durable one.
The epoxy Alex linked from amazon claims to be BPA free ! I also wouldn't want it on my cookware, especially for something that would need to be heated, but apparently that wouldn't be a concern here.
@@thermalegoogle thank you for looking that up and noting it here! After reading that, I wouldn’t have even bothered. Much appreciated! Aaaaaaand the project is back on! Wahoo!
Yo Alex, do you need a second coat of epoxy over the dust to seal it in our anything of the sort? I'm wondering about the wear due to washing it after use. 🤙🇦🇺
+lesslighter Thanks. I asked because I am a model maker, and am very much open to the concept of borrowing techniques from other crafts. It sounds like you are saying that one can use charcoal as a finish or polish.....
Hey Alex, your Cook Book arrived this week. Yesterday we tried the Crepes with rosted tomato, aubergine and pine nuts. I added some rosemary and it was delicious... I learned to flip them in the air... Ok we should not talk about the second one... It went better and better... Thanks for the book, it is an inspiration... Also the eggs in the vinegar water... My children love them... I just would like to see more pictures of the dishes without ;-).
I am looking to try this method (4th and food safe) some time in the future. 1) May you also link in your description the brushes you bought? Or sizes (for both thin line and sprinkling) 2) Anything you recommend for sanding? 3) Did you mix the Gold Colouring during the Epoxy Glue Mixing before waiting 45minutes? Or after waiting 45 minutes BEFORE sticking them together?
I haven't subscribed to the Wabi-Sabi worldview however I am a fan of the Wasabi lifestyle: when you're going for the green expect a quick punch to the face.
Yay, a Kintsugi video, from Alex! Thanks for trying out many different ways to do Kintsugi, I've been trying to see if there are easy non-traditional ways to do it, and I'm really glad you made a vid about that. Also, glad to have you back! :)
hey Alex, in English you would normally say 'cheat' if you really wanted to use that word specifically. Though in your context I believe you wanted to say 'hack'; not being an extremely precise language expert here, just commenting as I've noticed you've been using "cheat's" almost always in your videos (btw I love your material and I make sure to always refresh your channel in case I missed some content) :D
I'd say it would be just "cheat" and not "cheat's". English is totally a mess, and even native speakers make plenty of mistakes. But everyone knew what you meant, so I think we're fine in the end.
Alex French Guy Cooking You could use cheat or hack. They both work. You just don’t need to add an “s” to “cheat”. So the title of the video for example would be “I Made a (foodsafe) Cheat of Kintsugi”
@@hanwenn that's why they can't be officially purchased in germany. I imported some from the uk since I like this stuff quite much, but i use rubber gloves... :)
You made my day! Thank you. This was very informative and entertaining. I’ve been looking for a way to repair my grandmother’s sugar bowl in a way that it can still be used.
Blue, white and gold look fine together. Blue and yellow (gold) is one of my favorite 'bold' pairings. Like a navy coat with gold buttons. The point of kintsugi is not to try to 'hide' the repair, but instead to add a new layer of art to it, and art is meant to be 'noticed'.
@@bminor8092 nothing wrong with drawing attention to the cracks. My point is that the imperfections should still be nice to look at. Silver or a more metallic gold would have looked much better than this plastic-y yellow.
@@purplepepper2503 The name literally says "gold", but it also means gold in the sense of money/valuable. Platinum and silver are both used for kintsugi. But in the first place, blending in is the opposite of what you want. The whole point is to emphasize and draw attention to the flaw. To show this object has a history. High contrast is good.
Great conclusion to your mini-series Alex. Keep up the good work. Love the editing, the story and content. Your videos are always educational, fun and interesting.
.... I kind of like the idea of sending her the kintsugi'd mug. I'm sure she'll treasure it. It's... Really a warm kind hearted thing. A student sends back their master the fruit of their training. It's indescribable.
Alex you're a life saver! I watched your first Kintsugi video and between then and now I broke my favourite vase! However there is a solution! Thank you
Tried it. It works. Maybe more time to let the resin sit. Like two hours. I used it for a large mug. Heat safe. Dish washer safe. I am happy to have my mug back.
I wish you put this video out just a little sooner! The postal broke a piece of pottery I mailed home to myself, and refused to pay for it as it was insured. I thought of Kintsugi, but didn't know what materials to use that were food-safe. Next time I'm using this technique.
Alex! I am so happy to tell you that your cookbook arrived the other day and we had Shakshuka for breakfast this morning. Super excited to try everything else soon!
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Alex your cooking book arrived today, it's superrrrrr. I'm going to do one of your RAMENS.
Mine arrived 2 days ago! It's great😀
oooo books here? **orders a book** thanks :D Mine should arive in about 3 days provided Australia Post doesn't loose it :|
I'm going to pick up my two copies today after work :) Looking forward to it!
Mine came last week. I'm reading it cover to cover 😙
Has he improved his stir fry?
Please note that cured artresin has a heat resistance up to 50°C, which means you can't pour hot liquids (like tea or coffe) into your repaired item.
Really cool alternative regardless!
Do you think you could microwave them? Probably not.. right?
@@Giodoot It won't make you sick but I don't think it's a good idea :D
Do we have an alternative that resists more than 50°C?
@@Giodoot Gold in the microwave will spark, it's metal after all. So any method, if you have gold will not be microwave safe
Alex French Guy Caulking
Spread it like epoxy
Massively underrated comment
I don't know, it got 44 likes. I'm humble enough to be impressed by that amount. :-)
But thanks for reminding me about it a month later. I had a rough day and I needed that little bit of positivity.
underrated
Don't get it
@@azdgariarada 229, still massively underrated
Now you need to do a second book with your non-cooking projects like this! (Congratulations on the book launch by the way, I've been enjoying my copy).
Gime that shit gimme that shit now.
"Just a french guy not cooking"? :D
"Am I the French guy cocking"
Alex, you bring joy to my life.
"If I drop it, I'm gonna kill myself, 100%"😂😂😂
I fucking died aahahaha 😂😂
After Kintsugi comes Seppuku :D
Lol'd so hard.
7:29 just so i can come back to this moment one day in the future xD
I related to that sentiment, 100%
Hmmmm Aleeex... 3:49
"is weed legal in France"
"is prostitution legal in France"
"is water wet"
Need some help friend?
🤔🤔🤔
Why, do you have womens and weed?
+Michael Kelly - Do you not know how Google works?
@@TheMrVengeance it's still funny
It would only be his searches if on the right hand side it said "Remove" otherwise those are just local common searches in his area
Heads up when working with epoxy, when you think you have mixed it enough you mix it some more.
You breaking your bowl and repairing it just made it so much more beautiful. Time to break all my mom’s ceramics!
I know we are debating Alex's verbiage using Cheat, Cheat's and such but I enjoy the little quirks (read:mistakes) in his English. It adds character to the videos. Like when he's putting on the blue glove and the caption said he "always forgot to put on the gloves. Bad Alex" obviously he should have said he always forgets not forgot but I hope he doesn't sweat the grammar too much so the videos stay natural.
I thank/thanked/have thanked/will thank you.
It comes from the french language. Actually in french the words cheat and hack can be translated by the same word (tricher)
YES!!!! i totally agree!!!!!!!! Thank you Mike for standing up to all the trolls out there!!!! Alex, please be yourself. The fact that you speak in English in your videos instead of French the whole/most of the time is a blessing. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Wait! We are debating Alex's verbiage? Where is that? I always thought we celebrated it.
Let's call it Kintsugi English. It just reminds me how grateful I am when non-English speakers help me with my Kintsugi Spanish.
Hey Alex! Your cookbook arrived earlier this week and I am so excited to try out all the recipes... It looks amazing!
I've been scouring UA-cam for kintsugi how-tos for one of my short stories. My main character is an artist, whereas I'm not, so finding a tutorial I could translate into my character's actions was pretty hard. Finally I have one! Your breakdown and summary at the end was especially insightful. I've got ASD, so if some informative points or manuals are surrounded by fluff it's hard for me to process. Thank you so much for this video!
can one read your short story somewhere? :)
Could be interesting to brought up an update about how the bowl is doing in one year or two. Does the repair will last ?
I'll do that.
I did this with a non-food-safe epoxy for an incense burner two years ago. It's still holding great!
@@FrenchGuyCooking How's that bowl doing?
@@FrenchGuyCooking i'm invested, update pls!
@@xxiloveyouxx3 Ditto!
That's why I love this channel... The food, the artistry, the edit, the music, the poetry, and above all: the RANDOMNESS.
Keep on being this "randomly amazing/amazingly random" human being Alex.
I found this video while looking for food safe methods for this. I already found the Art Resin and was thinking of using it, but it looked way too viscous so I was hoping someone had a food safe clay like epoxy. The waiting an hour and adding flour though seems like a good idea. I really wish you had more of those details of actually using the final method in this video. You went into all this detail for everything that didn't work, then it felt like you glanced over the whole thing that did work :(
I really appreciate seeing the dishes post gluing, the post trimming. Very inspiring!
Something broken can be made whole, and made stronger, but only with support. I loved this. The whole idea of kintsugi was new to me before this video. I love your commitment and passion.
I've done this without knowing about Wabi-Sabi and Kintsugi. I did it with one of my grann's white run-off-the-mill coffee cups she gave me when i started living on my own. She had won a whole set with bingo, but being a real OG granny she had moooore than enough cups, from gifts and trips (She has a fine collection of coffeecups from all West-German(!) states, so this then poor student (moi) was gifted a stockpile of cups to last me a lifetime... I had dropped one of them (the bingo ones, not the W-German!) and i actually liked the plain, industrial aesthetic of it.
So I painted the broken pieces with a deep black ink on the rough edges, let it dry and then superglued it. It created very fine, contrasting black lines. I put a tiny succulent plant in it. 4 years later and both cup and plant are still going strong! If u want to safe a cup but give it a non-food new live there are, as pointed out in the vid a looot of quick-'n-dirty options! :D
Loving this process! Thank you.
The close up of the two epoxies being mixed with the gold powder was everything.
I would like to see more testing, for example, many epoxies become soft when heated. In fact boiling water is a great way to remove epoxy when you've made a mistake. So using the bowl for soup could end in tragedy, especially over several uses. Also less likely to be an issue, epoxy can become brittle when frozen, so you might need to avoid that as well. But then, it may not be any more brittle than the porcelain itself.
I agree, I have a broken tea cup and I haven't fix it yet because of hot water questions.
@@Cling30 This would be great to know, otherwise, how would you wash a repaired plate?
art resin should be okay in regards to heat - it's good to go through the dishwasher, and is fda approved food safe, even with direct contact, so I suspect it should be fine
I found a food safe glue at somepoint to repair a chipped earthenware mug and it held up fine to daily coffee. we hand wash all our earthenware. i cannot recall the brand, hence my current search.
@@Musicloverlife1 Art Resin is only food safe when at safe temperatures for the epoxy. Their website specifically states that is it NOT food safe at temps higher than 50c/120f.
Thank you for the completeness of this repair process. I just broke my large raku pot that I commissioned 40 years ago. It was my prized possession! Now that I have grieved for a few day I’m ready to attempt a repair. Because of your video, I have a place to start.
Drops what I was doing to watch this. No regrets. Absolutely stunning finished product as well!
Did it break when you dropped it? Try and fix it with kintsugi.
sshuggi I was repairing an LCD so yes it did break, but now I have this cool modern art instalment so that’s neat.
I hope what you were doing wasn't holding a bowl.
Same Here! I was in the middle of my movie once I saw the new video...
Screw the movie Alex is back on.
Shame it's only 10 minutes .
I already bing watched all his video's
Yay! So glad to have stumbled upon your channel. I kept putting off trying to fix my broken ceramics but I kept.. accumulating broken ceramics and thought ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Today is the day I figure out what the heck I need to do to fix my beloved broken pieces. Merci, Alex!
Hey Alex, there is a faster way to cure the epoxy, if you heat the resin to warm in the microwave and then add the hardener, this will speed up the curing process, you could test the temperature to adjust the time.
You also can put small amount of mixed epoxy on cooking foil and the heat it with lighter. Epoxy will cure in minute or two after application. And hairdryer can also help you.
I d go with the foil technique. after an egg exploded in my microwave (twice ;) ) I don t wanna see if cleaning epoxy is as much fun...
A heat gun or hair dryer will do the job, as well.
so...I tried this microwave method. did it twice. I could not get it to speed up the curing process. It was quite warm after 10 seconds but still not thick enough so I microwaved the whole thing for 30 seconds about 15m later. Still no good. In fact I actually had to wait an hour and even then it was not sticky enough to keep everything together solidly. From my experience so far I'd just wait for an hour or more to make sure the epoxy is nice and thick. Unless of course anyone else has other/better experiences? Please put response here.
You really are in the kintsugi spirit. It is said that some people admired the technique so much they actually broke pieces so they could be repaired. You really need to spend some time in Japan. I have been watching the "Trails to Tsukiji" UA-cam series (it is in English) and I was stunned and amazed at how much work and dedication Japanese farmers put into producing the finest fruits and vegetables. There is a reason that Japan has more Michelin star restaurants than any other country. I think it would be a dream for you.
Hey Alex,
How does the bowl handle hot soup? The resin is only rated for 48ºC when cured on their website.
This. It isn't food safe (or possibly physically stable?) when in contact with anything hotter than that. It can be a nut/candy bowl, but it can't be a hot soup bowl.
I'm glad this was near the top of the comments when I checked. My girlfriend broke a large glass cooking pot that she got, and I was gonna use this to fix it.
Thank you for introducing kintsugi! I never came across it before! It’s pretty interesting!
Quelle ingéniosité ! Encore plus de vidéo zéro déchet / récupération aussi inspirante!
pinging +peterBrown because resin.
About not deliberately breaking new ceramics/pottery - if I'm not mistaken, once kintsugi took off, people actually started doing just that! The general philosophy is that the piece is meant to look more beautiful after being broken THEN repaired than in its previous whole state.
And *WOW!* The bowl looks absolutely beautiful! This is EXACTLY the video I was looking for - a food-safe and much less expensive form of DIY kintsugi. Thank you so much for this video, Alex!
*One of the Most Entertaining UA-camr Ever!!*
Got your cookbook yesterday and was flipping through it and was smiling the whole time, I love it.
Another option would be to use the "none food safe" techniques, to hold it together, and then slowly, carefully, line the cup with a food-safe inner liner, which would keep the user from getting sick from the non-food-safe, by covering it with a food-safe sealant. This would allow you to have the beauty and strength of the traditional techniques, while still having the ability to use it as a functional container.
That's not gonna make it food safe
Your book came yesterday. Great book. Full of great ideas. Being from New Orleans, my mother as stuborn as she is in cooking, liked it. So, momma approved.
for future reference, do NOT sand the broken edges. the pieces will actually fit back together more securely if you do not sand. those natural granular places will hold themselves together better as they broke rather than trying to set smooth surfaces together
I think the sanding it gives more place for the gold to fill in
making the edges smoother is not the point... the traditional art of kintsugi does sand the edges so that the gold is more visible in the final result (more space to fill). If you don't sand, you'll have little to nothing to paint with the gold powder. Instead, it will look bad because it will be a perfect flat fit with lines painted on them.
Sorry to disagree with OP, but please DO sand the edges or take them down a little with a diamond file. You don’t want the pieces to fit back together so securely that there is no room for your filling and gold. It’s a good tip if you just want to repair something, but it’s not preferable in this application.
Love the fear of dropping the bowl again. Alex you are a god in the kitchen. Love your videos and salut!!!!
You can use masking tape on the outside to hold the pieces together whole you apply the epoxy
you should write, direct and film a movie, I can't believe how skillfull and resourcefull you videos look
Alex, there is available a gold or silver paste (just like sugru) which is made from the actual metal and is used for jewelry making. Maybe using it (unlike sugru it needs to be fired) would be much more like the traditional technique.
Kitchen Scalpel oooooh I’d love to see this technique tested!! Although I’m not sure what temperature you have to fire that at (and whether a cracked bowl could withstand it)?
That thing is called "precious metal clay" (PMC) and AFAIK it needs to be fired at around 800°C, which should be ok for pottery!
I'm not sure how good the bonding between metal and ceramic will be.
The problem with PMC or any other brands is that it shrinks on firing.
Alex, Here's a tip from the epoxy soaked world of boatbuilding. If you want a thick colloid that won't run get some colloidal silica and mix that with you resin until you get the desired consistency. No runs or drips. You should probably mix in your colorant first then thicken to taste. As for using flour, that's probably fine, woodworkers use wood flour that they collect from their sanders. Wood flour is probably better than wheat flour because it is mostly cellulose and therefore fibrous. White flour is mostly starch so it doesn't really contribute as much to the strength of the mix. Also the slow setting epoxy is much better than the 5 minute variety. No panic, lots of time to move things around. Superglue, aka. cyanoacrylate resin isn't a good choice at all. It isn't water resistant and it doesn't stand up to heat so your bowl is likely to come apart with the first batch of ramen. You could also consider urethane glues but they are rather more rubbery and even messier than epoxy. I don't think urethanes will mix as well with your colorants either but they don't require the colloidal agents. All epoxies are probably food safe if you strictly follow the mixing proportions (best by weight) and give them time to cure. The component ingredients may be pretty nasty but the cured product is quite stable, heat, chemical, and water resistant. What's more epoxy sticks to almost everything which ain't the case with cyanoacrylates. Nice video. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for your informed response! Perhaps you can help me... I'm looking for a gluten free alternative to wheat flour that can be used. While I assume the entire surface would be coated with a later of resin, this relax would be much happier if there wasn't an issue at all. Would other floor work? Is the goal to just give structure, or is the stickiness of gluten necessary? I have a number of pieces I'm looking to fix, some of which have gaps. Thanks!
Tracy, Epoxy is stickier than anything. Gluten won't make a difference. I wouldn't use anything organic for this purpose. I'd go for colloidal silica and, if you really want kinsugi, use gold powder for a colorant. Kind of expensive though. A cheaper alternative to the colloidal silica would be microbaloons but that's more of a filler and you really shouldn't need any filler for this work.
I would have chosen Stabilit Express for the glue...
By the way, the beautiful bowl looks like bowls from Ritzenhoff.
...and I love your book.
Is that food safe somehow?!
Thank you for your information : "Ritzenhoff".
I searched but found another one which is maybe the same from Alex : "Sendan Tokusa".
It has the golden Ring like the one from Alex. The one from Ritzenhoff is blue and the sides are white :/
is stabilit express foodsafe?
Honestly I am lost for words the bowl looks so amazing and beautiful, it looks like a piece of heaven arrived and landed on Earth for us to enjoy. Repaired looks even better than how it was. It gives the bowl a story that it tells something like character that is very unique and personal nothing else can compare to. Love your work, i would like to try it once myself at home if i get a chnace. Thumbs up from me!!
7:13 That music in the background ascends this video to another plane of tranquility...
Time to smash some plates then.
Do you know the name of the song ?
I Would like to know too.
The song at 6:17 I used shazam, nothing..does anyone knows the title of the song ?????????
though the music sounds pretty chinese rather than japanese to me
It might be from Epidemic Sound goo.gl/NzwgrZ - But which sample?
Bravo Alex! Beautiful results! Your book is FANTASTIQUE!
Wonderful. Thank you so much. I have a wonderful Japanese bowl that I broke. I have just been using it for plants because I couldn't figure out how to fix it in a food safe way 😁 I'm definitely going to do this instead
This worked out really well! I’ve got a plate from my great grandmother that has a crack straight down the middle, but I can’t bring myself to throw it out because....memories. I may need to try this-thank you for your experiments!
“Im Not A French Guy Cocking... Im A French Guy Cooking” Alex 2018
Lachapelle.alexx I’m seriously blind. I kept on reading this and couldn’t find the difference. I only found out after I heard him say it..
KhOrganization you are blind and read it?
I broke a bowl and was soo happy to find a foodsafe kintsugi video! Even several years later, this one the only one I found. Thank you!
Its just as important to figure out what doesnt work, as it is to figure out what does.
I like your sketch delivery and the fun you have as a creator. Kudus my best French chef.
"is weed legal in France" at 3:49
Reponse : non c'est pas légal la beuh
translation?
@@marcotornincasa3868 No,weed is not legal.
i'm sad, ty
@@marcotornincasa3868 people smoke it in the open here, no need to be sad
Similar to Germany where I am from it seems. Noone really cares, and that's good there are really more serious things to be worried about.
You can really see the love put in repairing that bowl. It reminded me of a gaiwan i used to own. I used it daily for a whole summer and few months. After some i stopped using it daily because i got a larger one and i drink alot of ball rolled tea. I later brought that gaiwan in college and used it extensively. My heart broke when the gaiwan did. Even if that gaiwan was shit (too small so it heated up way too badly) and quite ugly i felt really sad when i threw it away because it and i had so much history together (it was my first gaiwan). I wish i knew kintsugi before i threw it away.
Can the epoxy resist the heat of hot *salted* water tho, as you would find in ramen?
My workplace has an epoxy coated floor, and whenever it got into any contact with saltwater from our aquarium, it reacts to it with discoloration.
At worst, you could be pouring yoursef a gorgeous serving, and the bowl just crumbles apart.
Ususally epoxy glue can withstand temperatures up to 100 degrees Celsius, some varieties even more. So unless the ramen is boiling hot when poured, it should be quite safe. I use epoxy glues that hold together until 120 deg. Celsius, so taking a knife handle apart is not so easy anymore... before I could boil the handle off, now it is back to Hammer Time!
Isn't the salt reaction thing not one of the reasons why there is a difference between food-safe and non-food-safe epoxies?
@@TomK2602 good point
Yep, done it mate, ordered your book. Can't wait.
Could have just covered the suglu in clear coat to make it safe
I thought the exact same thing!
I love that you explored this in such detail! You really appreciate the history of the technique, but I think this “new” technique you found is INCREDIBLE. Plus that filmography at the end was masterful 😍 Definitely planning to try this myself!!
Hey Alex! If you are adding a layer of food safe epoxy over the glue anyways, why not fix it with sugru and cover it with a layer of epoxy?!!
I assume the epoxy layer will erode over time. Plus, he has thousands of subscribers. Not the wisest idea to use non-food safe material for the people at home who may try to emulate the video.
That's not a horrible idea... but it's be had to tell for sure that your separation was complete. I also don't actually know HOW unfoodsafe Sugru is... it could just be a case of better safe than sorry.
If epoxy works why use two glues?
From the Sugru FAQ: "Sugru is a silicone and cures to a flexible rubber, so paint is likely to crack and flake from it."
Presumably, if you're using an epoxy that cures into a hard (i.e. thin+brittle) layer, it would be subject to the same problem - the small amount of flexibility in the cured Sugru would allow pressure (or even thermal expansion) to crack a thin overcoat of epoxy.
Why not just order a replacement bowl and be done with it? $20 each on Amazon.
This is so amazing! I love your talks while you bike it’s really awesome! I hope your channel keeps growing at this incredible rate!
>Me watching Rise of Skywalker
"I see Kylo Ren is a fan of Kintsugi." 😉
Knowing it's a frail thing that broke and was rebuilt gives it a lot of character. Kinda like people that have gone through hardships.
I like your all videos my dear friend..I want your cycle 🚲🚲🚲
Vanmoof cycles, super cool stuff
I didn’t comment when you mistakenly referred to a bond as “bound” in a previous video (I think you referred to a “bound” between your viewers and yourself) because I VERY MUCH admire your fluency in a language that is not your native one! And I’m very grateful that you make your videos in English ❤️
But I had to pause after the first “bound” reference in this video, and pop a comment down here for you. It’s a video about gluing, so I think there’s going to be lots of discussion about bonding... so someone needs to tell you that “bound” is to jump, or to tie up. “Bond” is to join things together (either literally, like when you glue things together, or figuratively, like the bond between two people). ❤️
Love how the first things google thinks you’re typing is “is weed legal in France”
We made the French onion soup from your cookbook last night. Good timing as we have just harvested our onions from the garden. Had it with home-made baguette and Gorgonzola cheese and it was delicious! Looking forward to trying the rest.
But how do you make it HEAT-resistant as well? I want to use my teapot again, and epoxy melts!
It sounds like the best answer is to buy a really high-grade, heat-resistant epoxy... Or find a way to hold it together during a re-firing process. That sounds hard, though...
Am I the only one who would love to see the complete studio tour? Please!
I was surprised that you choose epoxy, because i had in mind that it is pretty toxic, so i looked up what "food safe" epoxy is and found out that it always contains BPA... It is expected to leach out, in more or less small amounts, but i still don't like it. Would be nice to have an alternative, to reduce the exposure to carcinogenic chemicals, especially in food.
some woodworkers use epoxy or resin to finish their work when they make bowls and plate. If you let the epoxy cure completely and wait for a month before using the bowl and wash it before using it, the amount of bpa will become harmless or even disappear. While it is not the best solution, it is the most durable one.
The epoxy Alex linked from amazon claims to be BPA free ! I also wouldn't want it on my cookware, especially for something that would need to be heated, but apparently that wouldn't be a concern here.
@@thermalegoogle thank you for looking that up and noting it here! After reading that, I wouldn’t have even bothered. Much appreciated!
Aaaaaaand the project is back on! Wahoo!
Wow, just wow. The reveal, accompanied with the music, made chills run down my spine.
I like when he typed “is” into google, the top suggestion was “is weed legal in France”
Lol
I really thank you for the consideration of food safe, no one talk about that and don't think of using apoxy glue or some type of resine in a mug.
Yo Alex, do you need a second coat of epoxy over the dust to seal it in our anything of the sort? I'm wondering about the wear due to washing it after use. 🤙🇦🇺
It would be great indeed.
+lesslighter
I am sorry, what?
Use charcoal to polish?
+lesslighter
Thanks.
I asked because I am a model maker, and am very much open to the concept of borrowing techniques from other crafts.
It sounds like you are saying that one can use charcoal as a finish or polish.....
Hey Alex, your Cook Book arrived this week. Yesterday we tried the Crepes with rosted tomato, aubergine and pine nuts. I added some rosemary and it was delicious... I learned to flip them in the air... Ok we should not talk about the second one... It went better and better... Thanks for the book, it is an inspiration... Also the eggs in the vinegar water... My children love them... I just would like to see more pictures of the dishes without ;-).
Should've fixed it with his own made ramen noodle
I am looking to try this method (4th and food safe) some time in the future.
1) May you also link in your description the brushes you bought? Or sizes (for both thin line and sprinkling)
2) Anything you recommend for sanding?
3) Did you mix the Gold Colouring during the Epoxy Glue Mixing before waiting 45minutes? Or after waiting 45 minutes BEFORE sticking them together?
I haven't subscribed to the Wabi-Sabi worldview however I am a fan of the Wasabi lifestyle: when you're going for the green expect a quick punch to the face.
That's... interesting. Will definitely try that
Alex you're inspiration
what I like in your videos that you show us your attempts to get something done
why not cover the sugru with a layer of food safe resin? (like the epoxi)
Probably a risk if the epoxy should ever wear down enough from washing and use.
Like a time bomb.
Yay, a Kintsugi video, from Alex!
Thanks for trying out many different ways to do Kintsugi, I've been trying to see if there are easy non-traditional ways to do it, and I'm really glad you made a vid about that.
Also, glad to have you back! :)
Lol search result #1 for "is" is "Is weed legal in France"
Yeah, but is water wet?
But is prostitution legal in France? I wonder if he was curious about male or female prostitution 🤔
The bowl is gorgeous! Well done on your repair.
No one going to say anything bout the search results at 3:49
GeorgeTheRock I know, right?
"is this a pigeon"
🤣
"Is water wet"
I'm a little jealous of this guys studio.
🤣
Is weed legal in France
You are the legend!!! That persistence and enthusiasm on everything!
hey Alex, in English you would normally say 'cheat' if you really wanted to use that word specifically. Though in your context I believe you wanted to say 'hack'; not being an extremely precise language expert here, just commenting as I've noticed you've been using "cheat's" almost always in your videos (btw I love your material and I make sure to always refresh your channel in case I missed some content) :D
Guys I need more (english) voices on this : Should I change Cheats to Hack ?
english is weird. you could use both. but simple hacks. or quick cheats.
I'd say it would be just "cheat" and not "cheat's". English is totally a mess, and even native speakers make plenty of mistakes. But everyone knew what you meant, so I think we're fine in the end.
I think both work (or at least it would it be understandable either way), but I think hack is used more often nowadays in this context.
Alex French Guy Cooking You could use cheat or hack. They both work. You just don’t need to add an “s” to “cheat”. So the title of the video for example would be “I Made a (foodsafe) Cheat of Kintsugi”
Your cookbook finally arrived in the mail. It looks so cool. Can't wait to make something from it
You shouldn't even touch sugru with bare hands if it's not hardened...
all the official videos from Sugru themselves suggest to knead it by hand and use your fingers to smooth over.
@@hanwenn that's why they can't be officially purchased in germany. I imported some from the uk since I like this stuff quite much, but i use rubber gloves... :)
They also make the "family friendly" version which is designed for delicate skin
You made my day! Thank you. This was very informative and entertaining. I’ve been looking for a way to repair my grandmother’s sugar bowl in a way that it can still be used.
You should have used silver glue!!! Blue, white and gold looks so weird.
Good point but, in kintsugi, gold is mandatory.
But then again, we always break the rules xD Silver would've looked cool indeed
Blue, white and gold look fine together. Blue and yellow (gold) is one of my favorite 'bold' pairings. Like a navy coat with gold buttons. The point of kintsugi is not to try to 'hide' the repair, but instead to add a new layer of art to it, and art is meant to be 'noticed'.
@@bminor8092 nothing wrong with drawing attention to the cracks. My point is that the imperfections should still be nice to look at. Silver or a more metallic gold would have looked much better than this plastic-y yellow.
@@purplepepper2503 The name literally says "gold", but it also means gold in the sense of money/valuable. Platinum and silver are both used for kintsugi. But in the first place, blending in is the opposite of what you want. The whole point is to emphasize and draw attention to the flaw. To show this object has a history. High contrast is good.
Franchement merci pour ce chouette contenu éducatif, pragmatique, dynamique et même divertissant 😅👌
I love the design inside the cook book!
I could definitely feel your frustration and impatience in this video, Monsieur 😄
Great conclusion to your mini-series Alex. Keep up the good work. Love the editing, the story and content. Your videos are always educational, fun and interesting.
.... I kind of like the idea of sending her the kintsugi'd mug. I'm sure she'll treasure it. It's... Really a warm kind hearted thing. A student sends back their master the fruit of their training. It's indescribable.
Alex you're a life saver! I watched your first Kintsugi video and between then and now I broke my favourite vase! However there is a solution! Thank you
This is the first video of yours I have seen. Charming. 💕
Tried it. It works. Maybe more time to let the resin sit. Like two hours. I used it for a large mug. Heat safe. Dish washer safe. I am happy to have my mug back.
I wish you put this video out just a little sooner! The postal broke a piece of pottery I mailed home to myself, and refused to pay for it as it was insured. I thought of Kintsugi, but didn't know what materials to use that were food-safe. Next time I'm using this technique.
This turned out beautiful!! Definitely respectful of the Kintsugi art!
Alex! I am so happy to tell you that your cookbook arrived the other day and we had Shakshuka for breakfast this morning. Super excited to try everything else soon!