Spray Japanning?
Added 2021-11-24 14:55:35 +0000 UTCI've cracked the code on a spray japanning technique. Why is this technique lost to time?
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HTR, I live in Japan and my students use the the traditional extremely black pigment ink for calligraphy - i assume this is the basis (or a similar a derivative) for traditional Japanning. Would supplying you with a “classroom” size bottle of this special pigment ink be useful? I will comment to you about this in a newer thread sometime soon as well.
John willis
2022-09-07 14:01:22 +0000 UTCThis is a glorious mix and process.... I have just the crazy item to try it on!
Stu @ Yellow Mug Inc Studio
2021-12-03 12:50:49 +0000 UTCif your having problems with the stuff staining your hands, try getting some worx hand cleaner. It's great stuff. That with a little dish soap usually takes whatever garbage gets on my hands. it works great for automotive paint, as well as the concrete chemicals i am around every day.
Jeff LeBell
2021-11-27 21:25:41 +0000 UTCEric, when is your book coming out, where you gather the gems of knowledge you have accumulated like the hoarder of knowledge you are?
Gene & Linnea
2021-11-26 22:20:13 +0000 UTCDoesn't really matter, honestly.
Hand Tool Rescue
2021-11-26 18:37:47 +0000 UTCWhat! A new video!?
2021-11-26 18:21:32 +0000 UTCAre the measurements by weight or volume?
Something
2021-11-26 03:58:08 +0000 UTCGracias, Lord Canuck.
Steve Seidel
2021-11-25 20:07:31 +0000 UTCBack now?
Hand Tool Rescue
2021-11-25 19:54:53 +0000 UTCIf you add spar varnish to the mix, it makes it matte.
Hand Tool Rescue
2021-11-25 19:54:41 +0000 UTCSame for me, video is private for some reason.
RedWraith
2021-11-25 17:36:14 +0000 UTCI cannot see the spray japaning video. It says that its "private".
2021-11-25 16:16:04 +0000 UTCHey! The video disappeared before I had a chance to watch it.
Steve Seidel
2021-11-25 15:43:19 +0000 UTCEric, every new video and project you do is a gem - hope I can try this in 2022!
Marc McKenzie
2021-11-25 04:44:30 +0000 UTCIs there a video series being made on the restoration of this plane? If so can you point me to the link? Great set of craftsman in on this collaboration and I’d love to see their contributions.
2021-11-25 04:05:47 +0000 UTCIs Japanning always a gloss sheen? I wonder how one could go about making a matte finish…
2021-11-25 01:53:45 +0000 UTCI need one!
Hand Tool Rescue
2021-11-25 00:24:08 +0000 UTCNatural Pigments online is where I got mine.
Hand Tool Rescue
2021-11-25 00:23:55 +0000 UTC320 grit.
Hand Tool Rescue
2021-11-25 00:23:23 +0000 UTCYes, exactly.
Hand Tool Rescue
2021-11-25 00:23:15 +0000 UTCAlways.
Hand Tool Rescue
2021-11-25 00:23:03 +0000 UTCFrank used to work at Roneo-Vickers, back in the late 50's he had a friend whose granddad used to work for Ford. Apparently they used to keep huge oil drums full of the jappanning mix made up, as long as the barrels were turned reguarly the mix would not settle and thus stay fluid. He reckoned that they used a lot of turpentine and that the workers could tell if a barrel was properly mixed by the smell alone. I wonder how high the workers got as protective gear was non-existent. I do not remember the ratio's but I think that the ashphaltum was roughly a quarter so you are correct as far as I can tell.
Ampws
2021-11-24 23:09:37 +0000 UTCVery generous of you to provide the world with a lost art!
OldFrenchy
2021-11-24 19:26:31 +0000 UTCWhere can I acquire asphaltum in Canada (Ontario)?
2021-11-24 18:53:08 +0000 UTCAlso what’s the sanding process between consist of?
NJ.VJ
2021-11-24 18:23:29 +0000 UTCSo it’s it’s like a 5-6 hour cycle per coat?
NJ.VJ
2021-11-24 18:22:06 +0000 UTCIs there hours of baking between each coat?
Robert Speer
2021-11-24 16:16:18 +0000 UTCThank you for sharing this one! I'm gonna use it for sure!
Marcus
2021-11-24 16:14:17 +0000 UTCLove the finish.
Robert Dicken
2021-11-24 15:38:01 +0000 UTCFinally! My needs have been satiated!
Zach Allen
2021-11-24 15:25:39 +0000 UTC
