Chipped mugs

kevanf1

I tend to use a chipped mug when I am outside or working in my workshop. I am notoriously clumsy (possibly because I have severe arthritis in my fingers... and everywhere else) so tend to drop mugs a lot. If it's a chipped one and it breaks well, it doesn't matter so much.

Abbafan1972

I have just thrown a load of chipped mugs away just before Christmas!

Willow92

If there's a chip in my mug I just drink from the other side

chog24

melezka wrote: »

Well Christmas has just passed but one year my friend went one better than putting tealights in them and bought some wicks and wax and made proper trendy candles from cups she'd bought from charity shops etc as presents. They were pretty and made lovely gifts.

This was exactly what I was going to say. Making candles is easy and loads of fun plus candles in pretty mugs and cups are very trendy at the moment.

sotonsaverjen

There are some good ideas here - I'm definitely going to pick up some pretty mugs and cups and saucers in charity shops and at car boots (roll on better weather!) and use them for planting herbs and cress and pretty little flowers like bizzie lizzies. I also like the idea of filling them with wax and wicks but not sure where you could get the things to do this? Ebay? Might go and have a little search...

Thanks for the tips!

kermitfrog

Chipped mugs and other crockery are breeding grounds for bacteria (it soaks into the fabric of the piece and propagates there) so if you don't want to be poisoned, use the items only for non-food purposes.

sotonsaverjen

I hope you don't mind but I was so inspired by your ideas on here that I wrote about it on my blog:

http://howtohome.co.uk/2012/01/how-to-make-use-of-chipped-mugs-and-cups/

I've linked to this thread in the post, but if anyone would like a named credit I don't mind editing it as I don't want to offend anyone - just thought the ideas were too good not to share.

Anyway thanks again and if I think of any other uses I will let you all know


Jen

newmommyjen

Mosaic with broken mugs and plates. Could cover a old vase, table top, garden wall or garden step ons, mirror, cupboard, plant pot, bird bath. Could use pebbles, coloured glass bottles, mirrors and shells as well as chipped mugs and plates. I hope you make items as amazing as the great Antoni Gaudi did.

Caterina

Yesterday DH dropped my favourite cocoa mug and it chipped at the base. The chipped piece splintered so I don't have all the pieces, approximately 1 inch chipped. The cup is not affected so I don't need to use food safe glue, but is here any product that I can use to remould the broken bit and then repaint? Would it be dishwasher safe? I don't mind if I have to hand wash my lovely mug, as long as it is restored to its former state. Thank you!

Badrick

You can try using a matching colour of car touch up paint, the ones with a brush (or maybe a cheap nail varnish) and keep re-applying when dry until it's level with surrounding area. If it's a big chunk, you'd need to build it up with car body "knife stopper" first.
TBH unless you're really attached to the mug, it'd be cheaper to just replace it, or be OS and live with it.