Talmud for Kelim 14:7

כְּלֵי מַתָּכוֹת מִטַּמְּאִין וּמִטַּהֲרִין שְׁבוּרִין, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר. רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר, אֵינָן מִטַּהֲרִין אֶלָּא שְׁלֵמִין. כֵּיצַד, הִזָּה עֲלֵיהֶן, נִשְׁבְּרוּ בוֹ בַיּוֹם, הִתִּיכָן וְחָזַר וְהִזָּה עֲלֵיהֶן שֵׁנִית בּוֹ בַיּוֹם, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ טְהוֹרִין, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר. רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר, אֵין הַזָּיָה פָּחוֹת מִשְּׁלִישִׁי וּשְׁבִיעִי:

Metal vessels become impure and are purified even when broken: the words of Rabbi Eliezer. Rabbi Yehoshua says: they can be made pure only when they are whole. How so? If he sprinkled upon them [the purifying water made with ashes of the red heifer] and on the same day they were broken, and then they were recast, and he sprinkled upon them again on the same day, they are pure, the words of Rabbi Eliezer. Rabbi Yehoshua says: there can be no effective sprinkling except on the third and the seventh day.

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