Repaint Saya

josephdif Member Posts: 17	Repaint Saya Apr 29, 2020 23:52:07 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by josephdif on Apr 29, 2020 23:52:07 GMT Which would be the easier way to re-lacquer a Saya by brush or with spray paint?

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Repaint Saya May 7, 2020 7:30:59 GMT

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Post by Ichiban on May 7, 2020 7:30:59 GMT

Spray paint! But of course, it all depends on the result you want. I've used quality car spray paint as they are durable and easy to work with. Matte down the old laquer, put on a couple of thin layers of primer and let dry, then two paint layers and two top gloss layers. Sand between layers if needed.

josephdif Member Posts: 17	Repaint Saya May 7, 2020 13:32:42 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by josephdif on May 7, 2020 13:32:42 GMT Thanks, I plan on adding some snakeskin on the Saya for a little character and didn’t want to botch it on an idea of what I’m doing.

StudentOfWarCustoms Member "When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away"- English proverb Posts: 86	Repaint Saya Feb 28, 2022 10:05:43 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by StudentOfWarCustoms on Feb 28, 2022 10:05:43 GMT I second the spray paint. Brush on is doable but hard not to get brush strokes when applying the paint with a brush so you end up having to sand or steel wool it out. Spray paint is much easier.

steveboy Member Measure twice, cut once. Posts: 373	Repaint Saya Feb 28, 2022 16:17:06 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by steveboy on Feb 28, 2022 16:17:06 GMT I'm big on using an airbrush, if you have one or access to one. No brush strokes, great even coats, and none of the weird chemical incompatibilities that often plague rattle-can painting.
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zsg1313 Member Posts: 530	Repaint Saya Oct 15, 2024 18:26:39 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by zsg1313 on Oct 15, 2024 18:26:39 GMT Reviving this. I am looking for the best recommendations for spray paint just to do a gloss black on bare poplar wood?

ignatius Member Posts: 107	Repaint Saya Oct 18, 2024 21:18:09 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by ignatius on Oct 18, 2024 21:18:09 GMT Are you a practitioner? Will you be wearing the sword in an obi?

zsg1313 Member Posts: 530	Repaint Saya Oct 19, 2024 0:18:48 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by zsg1313 on Oct 19, 2024 0:18:48 GMT Oct 18, 2024 21:18:09 GMT ignatius said: Are you a practitioner? Will you be wearing the sword in an obi? Not with this sword, no.

ignatius Member Posts: 107	Repaint Saya Oct 19, 2024 1:54:45 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by ignatius on Oct 19, 2024 1:54:45 GMT If you aren’t sealing it with anything I would give it a very light sanding to give the paint something to adhere to.

tera Moderator Posts: 1,813	Repaint Saya Oct 19, 2024 2:02:51 GMT via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by tera on Oct 19, 2024 2:02:51 GMT Oct 18, 2024 21:18:09 GMT ignatius said: Are you a practitioner? Will you be wearing the sword in an obi? I'm curious, what would be your thoughts if the intent was to train with it?

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Repaint Saya Oct 19, 2024 2:42:29 GMT via mobile

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Post by ignatius on Oct 19, 2024 2:42:29 GMT

If being used for training and if it was to be coated in traditional paint or wood stain, you would absolutely want to seal it for acouple reasons. The first would be when you sweat, and the obi soaks it up, the salts in your sweat would start attacking the paint or bare stain and eventually it would wear off and ruin your obi as well as look poor.

The second issue would be slickness. A nice lacquer top coat for paint or polyurethane for stain, would protect the paint from previously mentioned sweat as well be able to be polished with wax and be very slick sliding within the obi.

Anecdotally, I used cerakote on a bare saya and it did well and is super durable with no additional coating, but it is not as slick as a lacquered paint job.

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