Thread: Stone repair?

While not actually for a brush, I know that a number of you crafty guys have used stone in your creations.
Would anyone have a sugestion on best practices for repairing a piece of marble that broke? It was my grandmother's, and it broke in the flooding in '12 and I would really like to repair it as best I can for my mom who is now 85, and is depressed at hime in isolation.
I have held the pieces for 8 years now, and its past time I tried to get this done!

FWW, local 'stone countertop' stores have tintable epoxy adhesives. There are many videos on the internet as to how to add stone dust to epoxies to make repairs. I think there was a thread here that gave some information about filling in damage to stone and porcelain. Look at the scale repair threads for useful
Time for the experts now.
-Richard

I once had a beautiful antique fumed oak dresser with a white marble top that I turned into a bathroom vanity with a hammered brass sink.

I took the marble to a stone shop, where they resurfaced the marble, it was a light grey, but after resurfacing and polishing, it was milk white with grey marbling. They discovered a hairline crack down the middle from front to back after cleaning.

They cut two flutes and epoxied steel rods underneath to reinforce the thin strip between the sink and edge and epoxied the crack with white marble dust to make an Invisible repair as Geezer said.

So, you may want to reinforce the cracks with steel if the piece will be under any stress. Marble routs easily with carbide.

This is the top portion, mostly intact, but cracked.
You can see how its made of a single top layer, and multiple pieces form the underside.
The bottom section is similar but the single slab broke
Its only about 6x8 so installing steel rods might be a bit much, unless I want to make a marble coated steel design instead. ��

That would require more than epoxy repair. Someone skilled in stone work could fix it but that's more of a reconstruction and the cost might be very high.

Fortunately, marble is a natural product and grain and color patterns are random. This will make repairs less noticeable.

At 6x8 you would be better off making a new piece.

Here locally Habitat for Humanity resale stores have tons of Granite and Marble in a variety of sizes and colors, for just a few dollars. Marble machines easily with carbide.