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Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi,, breaking secondary break on blue bowl

I am getting this bowl ready to put back together and first have to complete a partial break. It makes for a stronger repair to complete a partial break rather than try to secure it with lacquer. Lacquer will hold it back together for a while but the crack will eventually spread.
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Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, step 1, application substrate red lacquer

This video shows step 1, the application of high quality, red lacquer as a substrate for #3 rounded gold to the outside of the bowl.
The link below is a more detailed page on metal, see it for
Step 1 https://www.kintugi.com/?page_id=225
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