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Adhesives, Paints, and Varnishes: Paris

Dissolve ounce of gum arabic in 2 tablespoonfuls of boiling water. Add plaster of Paris to make a thick paste. Apply with a brush to the broken edges of glass, china, and earthenware.

Press or tie together, and let stand two or three days. The article cannot be broken again at the same place. The whiteness of this cement adds to its value.

Or dissolve 8 ounces of gum arabic to a thick mucilage with water, add 12 ounces of plaster of Paris and 24 ounces of sifted lime. Mix well. Use to cement broken marble. Heat the cement and also the edges of the marble, and apply with a brush. Gum arabic is also mixed with plaster of Paris and other substances to form pastes and cements.