Vintage Black Jappaned Fishing Tackle Box
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Re: Vintage Black Jappaned Fishing Tackle Box
Jim, I'm sure the chemists amongst us (e.g. me) would be most interested in those recipes.
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it looks like a nice box that
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Re: Vintage Black Jappaned Fishing Tackle Box
Its more like alchemy than true chenistry Garry! Many recipes require the japanning being left to fester for weeks on end and the ingredients ("umber"??) can be a little arcane. Woodworking tool collectors are very keen on japanning and there is a great blog from a guy as he learns to do it on an old stanley plane:
http://lumberjocks.com/JayT/blog/series/5621
So in the end I decided to try a different approach: I wasn't really trying to totally refinish, rather to preserve the existing finish (I think vintage tackle should look vintage!) so on the Hardy dry fly box I used as a test piece I carefully painted out the scratched owner's name and then used button polish to bring back a high sheen finish to the top and sides.
Jim
http://lumberjocks.com/JayT/blog/series/5621
So in the end I decided to try a different approach: I wasn't really trying to totally refinish, rather to preserve the existing finish (I think vintage tackle should look vintage!) so on the Hardy dry fly box I used as a test piece I carefully painted out the scratched owner's name and then used button polish to bring back a high sheen finish to the top and sides.
Jim
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Re: Vintage Black Jappaned Fishing Tackle Box
I presume 'umber' is what is burned to produce the pigment burnt umber - a sort of dirty brown if I recall correctly?