Tips for gluing bonsai rocks

Tips for bonding bonsai rocks

Generally speaking, the bonding of rocks can be divided into two categories. One is to bond several smaller stones with poor shapes up and down or a small amount left and right to form the main bees and supporting bees in the landscape bonsai. This category is mostly used in landscape bonsai with foreground landscape. The other is to bond multiple stones with a certain landscape together on the same horizontal plane to form a group of distant mountain landscapes. This category is mostly related to the layout of rocks and the expression of distant views.

The adhesives used to bond rocks include cement (gray and white), epoxy resin, and 307-1 unsaturated polyester resin. Considering its low price and ease of use, cement is often used in bonsai production, and the higher the grade of the cement, the better. If someone uses industrial waste coal slag to make miniature bonsai, they can use gray cement as adhesive. In order to make the joints close to natural, the adhesive should be mixed with pigments of the same color as the stone, such as red iron oxide, yellow iron oxide, chromium oxide, vanadium oxide, ink, etc. Do not use colloid dyes such as advertising dyes.

Before gluing the rocks together, you must first match and arrange the stones according to the landscape you want to create, brush the joints clean, wet them with water, and then use the prepared adhesive to glue them together. Generally speaking, the more hidden the glued seams are, the better. In order to get closer to nature, stone chips of the stone can be spread on the joints before the adhesive mud dries. After gluing, use other supports to assist. The adhesive will solidify and harden within 24 hours, and the cement can be moved after half a day in summer and 1-2 days in winter. 3-4 hours after cement bonding, you can use a knife saw blade to gently scrape off the excess cement or cement that contaminates the stone body, and pull out the same texture as the stone at the joints.

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