Hard to see the progress

 Above - repairing a starburst chip on an ornate crystal box.

Today I decided to work on a repair job I'm doing for a friend - stabilising the cracks in a crystal box; and replacing chips that broke off and were lost when the piece was accidentally damaged.

I could not replace the chips with a clear hard setting material so we have agreed to us a product that sets like a white ceramic - though softer in that it can be filed with diamond files such as below.

But the repair needs to be built up. I thought that two applications of the product would do the job; but after quite a bit of filing today I was not satisfied and have added a third layer in a few parts.

Some photos of the filing of the product - I used my jewellers magnifying lamp to give me clear view of what I needed to remove.

You can see where i needed to add bit more product.

So the repair will be completed next week after the product has dried and can be filed.