Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, step 5, polishing #3 gold with #3000 stone. I will do subsequent steps in following videos.
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Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, polishing gold
This video shows polishing keshifun gold with both mawata and a polishing tool. It isn’t necessary to do so but on occasion I do to slightly change the look of the piece. The piece is an ancient clay figure of a cow where I reconstrusted the horn and ear.
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Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, Step 6, polishing gold
This video shows a kind of hybrid Step 6, polishing gold. I first polished the gold with a polishing stone without doing any hardening first. I am now going back in and jumping to final jozuri lacquer as written on this page, https://zac.wnz.mybluehost.me/website_a640e8d6/?page_id=225