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Preparation for produce and coloring the work of Saigyoku board.

Preparations things. * Relief, is common to carved letter. Saigyoku board chisels

Material: Saigyoku board Tools: Several kinds chisels Board processing tools Saw Plane Abrasive paper Type of 240 at JIS R 6252 Tools for the draft Pencil (or Colored pencil) Carbon paper Tracing paper Tools for paint Acrylic-related paint Several kinds paintbrushes Palette Wood glue Clear lacquer

About painting. * Relief, is common to carved letter.

Example of using watercolors.

If you use acrylic paints, you can dilute with water. So easy to use colored brushes, gouache type paint is recommended. If you use ordinary paint, it is difficult to paint with, so you can color in the following way.

• Ratio of approximately 3:1 mix wood glue and paint, a suitable amount of water was added to it and mix well. And mixed slowly, please not to create bubbles.
• If the coating was uneven, beautiful finish rubbing it again. Several times painting with diluted paint, can be beautiful painting.

The basic painting methods.

• A test of the painting /  A test of the painting that used the back side of SAIGYOKU BOARD is necessary for you. 
• Painting /  You paint with a favorite color. 
• Coating / You coat a work using clear lacquer.

* When using a clear lacquer, please ventilate frequently. Also, please do not use near fire absolutely.