RE: [Shaku] The Power of Urushi

Hi Karl
I recommend you thoroughly clean the inside and
outside of your shakuhachi. I would use pure alcohol
(If that's not available perhaps cheap vodka!), but
there may be other solvents even more effective. I
think someone on the list once mentioned something
they use, recently - you could search back for that.
Anyhow, if you use another solvent, I would use
alcohol as well, just to be sure. Then put it in your
humid bag for a while. Maybe even try a few weeks. If
you can, you could let me know how it goes too.
Hopefully this combination should do the job.
Best wishes
Justin

--- Karl Signell <signell@umbc.edu> wrote:

> > ... urushi is probably still the best=20
> > material for coating... if it has hardened, it
> should not give anyone
> problems.
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> Can anyone estimate curing time (end of allergenic
> properties) under humid
> conditions (sealed plastic bag, moisturizing wicks
> in both halves)? My
> repair person in Japan cured my flute for at least
> three months in a special
> high-humidity box after repair this spring. I
> received the flute back a
> couple of weeks ago and it is still highly
> allergenic to me. Just a
> ballpark figure -- I realize there's a lot of
> variables here.
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> Karl Signell
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