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Post by Brett Whinnen on Oct 12, 2010 0:34:33 GMT
After an unfortunate incident on this weekend past I find myself needing to do some repairs to the saya on my katana. My wife, bless her, decided to clean the office where I keep it on display. The katana sits on top of the bookcase so it is out of reach of my boy, not that I really need to as he knows not to touch. While she was cleaning up she decided to pick it up to dust underneath, and accidentally dropped it. The look on her face was complete and utter panic, poor lass, I was in its path but luckily it a) bounced off the table and missed me and b) stayed in the saya. Profuse apologies from her, my only comments were "its ok, just be thankful it stayed in the saya". I was quite proud of myself for not getting too upset with her as it was a complete accident and she was beside herself (at least it wasn't the $2000 worth of damage she did to my 6 month old car a couple of years back , which I still took in my stride). The result was that about a 1c (Australian) about the size of a US 5c piece, of the lacquer was chipped off, so now I have to do some repairs. So, what is the best way to approach this, I'll remove all of the lacquer on it now as I'll not match it anyway, resand it, but then what should I be using to re-lacquer it? I'd like to do some same up the top and then a nice gloss black, but getting hold of some same might prove 'fun'. Anyway any tips or pointers are welcome. Thanks, Brett
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Post by Student of Sword on Mar 20, 2011 8:18:39 GMT
I have the same question. My DF Musha saya has a chip (not a scratch but an actual chip) on the saya because while I was wearing it, I bump into the corner of a metal stair leaving chipping the lacquer, revealing the wood underneath. Also, once my sword stand fall over and there are light scratch on a couple of my katana. Luckily, none of them are the more expensive ones.
I don't expect the chip to go away. Just something so it does not look glaringly obvious. I wonder if the stuff used to touch up furniture or piano lacquer work.
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Post by templar on Mar 20, 2011 12:56:08 GMT
I've used my wifes nail polish, applied in layers to build it up. It works suprisingly well, and any mistakes can be easily removed with a cloth and her nail polish remover. She is fine with it by the way; God I love that woman.
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Post by Elheru Aran on Mar 21, 2011 12:53:53 GMT
Wow, that is a pretty old OP... Traditional way: Sandpaper down lacquer around the chip and re-apply lacquer in the appropriate colour. You may have issues if it's something exotic like gold-flecked or Saito's 'blood spattered' look. Creativity called for, but this is the best finish and most likely to be long-lasting. May cost. Non-traditional: yes, nail polish is one way to do it... just be careful and apply slowly. May be difficult if it's particularly thin or dries quickly; you want to avoid leaving visible brush marks. Free if you have a understanding spouse/sig. other... otherwise you're gonna have to girl up and check out the makeup aisle
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