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Every year in February I start a promotion - sometimes it's it's something crazy (like pen hunting or comments competition). This time I need you to help me with reactivating…
Curing Urushi: the bare-bones concepts (read this once, then the Q&A will make sense) Urushi (urushi ) doesn't "dry" like paint by evaporation. It hardens by a chemical reaction: enzyme-driven…
2026 update: I’m keeping this post as a “where I started” snapshot, but I’ve corrected a few risky/imprecise points and added links to newer, more practical resources — especially on…
updated in February 2026 DISCLAIMER “Types of urushi” can mean two different things: (1) how the lacquer itself is processed (filtered vs refined, oil/no-oil, blackened, etc.), and (2) what you…