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What's Next? | | Next, I taped the smaller loose piece firmly into place. | 
| | Before working on the larger loose piece I dipped a finger into the glue and... |  | | ...I spread the glue onto the back of the small piece through the hole. Hopefully, the glue backing will give added strength to this area. | 
| | Perhaps this was overkill, but I spread glue on the back of this piece before dropping it into place. |  | | Finally, I washed, dried and taped the last portion of the dented area. Now it's time to tackle the large cracks... |  | |
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Gluing The Large Cracks: | I was looking forward to this part of the project! Earlier, I had practiced fitting these cracks together and I discovered they would all go back together easily. Spreading around large amounts of glue with my bare hands seemed more like fun than a challenge.
I was a bit concerned that the dented area would open up while I moved the cracks into position but some of the cracks weren't lining up as cleanly as I had hoped so I had to risk disturbing the work already done by opening and closing the cracks a few times. Also, I needed to open up the largest crack quite a bit to force glue into the smaller cracks running in different directions. After cleaning the area it looked like everything would go together well once the tape held it together. |    
| Time for taping..... |
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