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7th July 2024, 03:23 PM | #1 |
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Thank you so much Mr. Maisey, and i will think about it, There are still some Keris that i need to stain. Bought warangan, but still need to find a good recipe and make the solution.
Hope this summer i will do some experiments with it. Regards, Martin |
7th July 2024, 08:40 PM | #2 |
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Its maybe not all that easy Martin, and there are hurdles to jump over.
Check your PM's. |
8th July 2024, 08:31 AM | #3 |
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I know of several people trying to stain themselves without experience and reaching poor results .
In the NL we have a couple of specialists working for clients |
8th July 2024, 11:36 AM | #4 |
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Hi Milandro,
thanks for your message and yes i know Tony Stoltenkamp he is very good in staining Keris. And there are some others too. And yes it might not be easy but it is worth the experiment. As a trained restorer and as a teacher in restoration of wooden objects and furniture, i am used to work with different kind of recipe's in colloring wood and brass fittings. It is all about the right circumstances to work in i guess. And i have several Keris that i can experiment on patience and endurance is important i think in restoring objects. Regards, Martin |
10th July 2024, 10:13 AM | #5 |
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very well, the process can be reversed , so, even if it goes " wrong" ( as in too dark for example) you can re do this
there are probably many ways to do this , including polish with wet and dry sandpaper as suggested , prior to staining which is something that people who use Warangal in the NL don't do (to my knowledge) while it would probably be more consistent with the original way this was made on Bali or Lombok |
10th July 2024, 01:51 PM | #6 |
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If we wish to think about "original", Javanese blades were polished in previous times also.
In Bali wet sand and powdered limestone were used as polishing agents, probably the same agents were used in Jawa. |
10th July 2024, 09:45 PM | #7 |
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I merely pointed out, for the benefit of someone who lives in the NL and may use (or not) the services of people washing with Warangan over here, that in the NL said people don't (to my knowledge) polish blades in any way.
I do own polished blades which weren't made on Bali, so, I am familiar with the concept Last edited by milandro; 11th July 2024 at 07:38 AM. Reason: autocorrect correction |
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