Hmmmmm, Mark, gee, no. I don't remember your recommending red or black
tinted shellac. But - what the heck - go ahead and tell me you told me so.
It'll be a great cathartic for you.
gene
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Millonas" <millonas@email.arc.nasa.gov>
To: <Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: urushi
> Hummm Gene. As I recall I mentioned to you a very nice urushi imitation
> with great sound qualities, and complelely non-toxic chemistry can be made
with
> several layers of red or black tinted shellac. Now I'm wondering if I
> should say "told you so".
>
> This is the punishment you get for being purist on this issue - all you
zen
> student take note :-)
>
>
>
> At 01:07 PM 11/20/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >Man - lemme' give you dumb new shakuhachi makers (like me) a tip: BE
> >CAREFUL WITH URUSHI!
> >
> >This is the third day of my "attack", and I'm in the running sores stage
> >(ugh!), up all night, every night, scratching and sloshing alcohol on the
> >affected areas to kill the nerve ends. Although I could not have touched
> >urushi to these areas, I have patches of rash on the back of my left
knee,
> >my left shin, my right side, my right ear, my left hand, my nose, my
right
> >eye and lips are all puffy, and - ugh! - the most sensitive of all
> >unspeakable areas.
> >
> >It has gotten worse every day for three days.
> >
> >And my wife now has it on her right forearm, and she never touched
urushi!
> >
> >And I used only TWO DROPS of urushi. Literally.
> >
> >Now admittedly I did thin the urushi with lacquer thinner, creating
> >perhaps two or three ounces, but I have no recollection of ANY of it ever
> >touching my skin. And, if any of it did, it was certainly only a
> >microscopic amount.
> >
> >Actually, I was tinting the outside of the root section of the shakuhachi
> >I'm making, like many of the Japanese shakuhachi makers do. Just to
> >darken up the naturally dark area there a bit more. I was not using it
in
> >the bore. I'm using an Epoxy compound there.
> >
> >And this urushi poisoning also has a physiologically debilitating effect,
> >a sort of nauseous yucky feeling. . . .
> >
> >Learn from my ignorance, you newbies: take care!
> >
> >Gene
>
>
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