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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2009 0:39:39 GMT
Hey all, Just as the title says, I'm looking for a guide on ishime laquering a saya. Any help would be great!
Thanks in advance, Seco
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2009 15:39:41 GMT
Do you wanna do it the traditional way or the easy way?
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2009 19:40:07 GMT
If the easy way looks close enough to traditional and saves time and money, I'd prefer to go with that.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2009 21:38:40 GMT
The easy way is spraycans with granite effect and a couple of layers of matte or semi gloss paint on top. I have three different graduations from fine to coarse spray paint I use as underlayer, and work with them from there. I have done this saya from a black kuroro that was sanded down to a matte finish and then overlaquered with a course granite spray paint, then three layers of matte black: It was quite easy, I masked with tape and a newspaper and sprayed a couple of layers. Then two layers of black matte. Another with the same paint: I'm doing a saya tomorrow which has been laquered kuroro, and then I'm gonna pattern mask it and laquer it with very fine matt ishime to get a traditional imprint effect. I'm also thinking of masking stripes with tape on a kuroro saya and spraying tool box paint to make a traditional vertical striped saya. You can also laquer the first layer with a different colour, then matte black and sand down the last layer on the tops with a sanding block. Many options. The good thing about this method is that it's a bit more wear resistant than gloss and is easy to repair.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2009 23:38:25 GMT
+1 Ichiban, thanks a bunch. Guess I'm off to the Home Depot tomorrow for some paint!
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2009 1:00:38 GMT
Good one! I'll see if I can post a pic of the saya I'm doing tomorrow.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2009 19:05:04 GMT
Here's the newly painted saya, with a very light ishime grain that looks like polished leather. I did three layers of very light structure paint and a layer of clearcoat on top. Better pic of the ishime effect:
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2009 22:54:14 GMT
Wow, that looks real nice Ichiban. I like that subtle Ishime grain. Very sophisticated.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2009 23:44:33 GMT
Thanks! The bamboo motif is thin glossy paper cut out on freehand and glued thoroughly before painting. Pretty easy to do, really.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2009 22:27:03 GMT
That looks great Ichiban!
I just finished doing a "practice" run on an extra cheness saya I had. The texture came out right, but I had an uneven undercoat due to an excess of paint and not sanding enough off, so it looks uneven in some spots.
I have 2 other practice sayas to try out before I work on the two sayas I really want it on. I figure I'll get it right when I'm there ;D
+1 and thanks again for the info, I'll post pics of all the sayas here when I finish them.
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