All materials
Material
Ceramic
Mugs, plates, tile, porcelain
Identify
How to tell it’s ceramic
Hard and cold, and chips with a shell-like curve. A broken edge looks white and slightly grainy.
Character
What it’s like to glue
A clean break fits back like a puzzle with almost no gap — ideal for thin glue lines. Unglazed faces are porous; glazed faces are not.
Alternatives
Other glues that work on ceramic
AvoidWood glue — it shrinks as it dries and won't survive a sink of hot water.
