Process Make a big chipped area, apply lacquer, sprinkle metal powder

• • Day1 : Apply a coat of basic lacquer as foundation, apply kokuso
  • Day2 : Shape kokuso, apply sabi
  • Day3 : Polish Sabi, apply a coat of basic lacquer
  • Day4 : apply tame-urushi
  • Day5 : Polish with water and sandpaper, apply bengara-urushi (red lacquer)
  • Day6 : Polish with water and sand paper, apply tame-uruhi, sprinkle metal powder
  • Day7 : Apply 1st coat of basic lacquer
  • Day8 : Apply 2nd coat of basic lacquer
  • Day9 : Polish, Finish

（Day1）

1. Use masking tape to cover any area that might get dirty during the process.
2. Cut a piece of #400 sandpaper into a square around 1cm in size, fold it in 3 and polish the chipped area. Apply a layer of basic lacquer to the chipped area with a brush and gently press with a piece of tissue paper to remove extra lacquer.
3. Make Kokuso。
4. Apply kokuso to big chipped area or lost pieces area with a toothpick or a spatula. The thickness of kokuso to be applied each time is aprox. 2-4mm. If the chipped area is larger than that, repeat the process after it is dried for a few times.
5. Set the piece aside to dry in a urushi-buro for around 1 to 2 months.

（Day2）

6. When the kokuso is well dried, arrange the approximate shape with a cutter or a carving knife.
7. Make sabi。
8. Apply sabi with a toothpick or spatula to arrange the shape.

（Day3）

9. After letting the sabi dry for over 24 hours, remove the extra sabi with a cutter or a carving knife.
10. Once you arranged the shape with a cutter, sand down the sabi with #800 sandpaper and water until the surface is smooth. 。
11. When the shape is neatly arranged, apply a layer of basic lacquer to the sabi with a brush and gently press with a piece of tissue paper to remove extra lacquer.

（Day4）

12. When the basic lacquer is dry, gently polish the surface with water and #800 sand paper.
13. Make tame-urushi.
14. Apply tame-urushi with a brush and let dry in a urushi-buro.

（Day5）

15. When the tame-urushi is dried, polish the surface with water and #1500 sand paper.
16. Make bengara-urushi
17. Avoid discovering the sabi under the lacquer while polishing. Apply bengara-urushi with a brush and let dry in a urushi-buro.

（Day6）

18. When the bengara-urushi is dried, polish the lacquer surface with water and #1500 sand paper.
19. After nicely polished, let’s get ready to sprinkle silver maru powder. Apply tame-urushi uniformly in a very thin layer. After applying the thin layer of lacquer, let it sit for 5-30min, when the surface of the lacquer begins to dry, sprinkle the silver marui powder with the sprinkle brush (ashirai-kebo).

（Day7）

20. When it is well dried in the urushi-buro, clean the extra silver maru powder with a brush.
21. Apply a coat of basic lacquer over the maru powder so that the powder may absorb the lacquer, gently press with a piece of tissue paper to remove extra lacquer. Repeatedly press with clean tissue paper until no marks of lacquer remain on the tissue. This process is called “Fun-katame”.
22. Let dry in a urushi-buro.

（Day8）

23. When the lacquer is dried, repeat the fun-katame process.
24. Let dry in a urushi-buro for at least 10 days.

（Day9）

25. Make”abura tonoko(mixture of tonoko and oil)“
26. Apply abura tonoko on a piece of cotton and polish the area sprinkled with maru powder.
27. Apply ishiko (polishing stone powder) on your finger and rub the area.
28. Polish with a polishing spatula. Finish.

　　＊Left over abura tonoko can be kept in food wrap.