Let's say, let's just say, I've broken the handle off an illy cup. I'm not saying I have, but if I had, and it was a clean break... any recs on preferred glues or other methods of reattachment?

Thanks!

A few years ago there was a marble statue that fell from it's shabbily built base and broke into pieces. The plan was to glue it all back together. If one could find out what type of glue they are using.....you may be successful. Maybe just a call to the Met and asking for the right person?.....

Details on the statue here.

2 part epoxy - you can get it at the hardware store. Practice mixing, and application on a few bits of stuff before working on your theoretical broken cup. Flat toothpicks are a handy tool for application. Also, be sure you have your clamping/holding set up figured out before you begin your restoration job. You want to take the glue to the very edges of the break - check to see what clean up at the edges you'll need to do (see the instructions on the package). 5 minute epoxy sets up quickly, 2 ton takes longer but is stronger...I would wish you good luck if you had broken your cup...

Hi,

I used loctite 495 industrial glue here to repair a ceramic mug a broke 2 years ago. I've been using the mug on a regular base since and I haven't have to refix it. I just don't know how much it costs and where you can get it.

Just hope you don't break such a cup

http://www.mcmaster.com/

Enter loctite 495 in the search. It looks like something that might be available at Home Depot or a local hardware store.

Google led me to lots of articles on the subject: repair china cup (glue). Of the articles I skimmed, clear epoxy and a steady hand were the basic recommendations.

I have also used two part (white) epoxy to repair
both porcelain sculpture and a tiny espresso cup handle.
Works great. Doesn't take much. Lasts. Resists even
abuse in the dishwasher.

If you had broken the handle, would it have been off
one of the classic Ginori Illy cups from the early 1990s?
At the time I didn't fully appreciate being able to buy
sets of those things for chump change (to say nothing
of the sale they had on Mazzer grinders- I shoulda
bought a dozen!). Ah, the old San Francisco Illy distributor
down on Howard Street... There were advantages to being
one of the only "home use" customers. If only the coffee
were as good today as it was then.