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Nice job and nice stone. Hope you like it.

I wasn't too keen on the color to begin with, either, but I've come to like it a whole lot. It changes a bit over time...

regards

I've seen varying figures on this ranging from 1 - 14 days?!

As for myself I've waited for 4-7 days with each coat. Better to err on the side of safety. Normally I will rub hard with a piece of...

Thanks for the kind words.
Propably wouldn't have done it though if I had been able get Cashew lacquer. I happened to have a few nagura that were sealed with cashew and it was so much nicer than...

It has been a while. But here goes:

I got tired of trying to locate Cashew lacquer and decided to give Urushi a try.

Ordered some ki-urushi (raw urushi) and went to work at some Tomonagura, I...

Another thanks for the links. I'd like to get ahold of some transparent Cashew (for stamped stones), hopefully they'll restock..

I like most of Keith's videos.

Thanks a lot for the links Mike!
I'm reading up on the subject at the moment. If/when I proceed I'll take care (gloves etc) and try to document the process.
Kind regards

Wow, both stone and sealing look stunning.
Could you elaborate on the process, like did you prepare the stone, did you use the urushi diluted or undiluted, how many layers of lacquer, did you sand...

Has anybody around here used urushi to seal their stones? And if so, which kind? There seem to be several grades of urushi used at different points of the process when making lacquerware but I don't...