To keep the old lacquer, painting and carving to keep the chacraters of the antique furnitures, We use lacquer technology step by step to create the antique China style in those furnitures if they are necessary to be lacquered. We have a strict process as follows:
- Preparing the surface
- Priming and undercoating
- Choosing the base color
- Applying the base color
- Creating the 'black lacquer' glaze - color and mixing recipe
- Applying the 'lacquer' glaze
- Special glazing techniques - Glazing a door with inset panel.
- Accenting lacquered object
- Optional second glazes and waxing
- Applying a protective varnish coat
All our paint and lacquer meet the Certifiable Technical Requirement for Environmental Labeling Products Furnitures.
Based on traditional lacquer techniques, our lacquer craftsman have explored different qualities of lacquer and created many new techniques.
Lacquer can be used to achieve a beautiful finish When refinishing antique furniture. Lacquer is considered more difficult to apply than other clear finishes because it requires several coats with sanding in between. It dries very quickly and is usually sprayed rather than brushed. It cannot be used over paint or other topcoats since it will soften and lift the finish.
Tips of Traditional Chinese Lacquer Art
The lacquer art is a brilliant Chinese treasure and heritage. China is the earliest country in the world using natural lacquer. In the early 1970s, archeologists unearthed a red lacquer wood bowl in an excavation in the Neolithic Hemudu remains in Yuyao, Zhejiang Province. It is estimated that the bowl was made 7,000 years ago, the oldest existing lacquer ware in the world.
Traditional Chinese lacquer art applies natural lacquer liquid from lacquer trees. China is abundant in lacquer resources. Lacquer trees in Mainland China are distributed in some 550 counties in 23 provinces.
In the Ming Dynasty, a famous craftsman named Huang Cheng, based on experiences of his own and previous craftsmen, wrote the first book on lacquer art. The book was later annotated by another famous lacquer craftsman, which make it China's only completer theoretic works on lacquer art.
Chinese carved lacquer probably dates back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). As noted in the Treatise on Lacquer Decoration by an artisan of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Tang lacquer ware was done on smooth boards using a vermilion color… Special lacquer ware workshops were set up in the Ming Dynasty, producing pieces distinguished for bold, simple lines and rich colors. Works of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), on the other hand, are known for their detailed designs and elaborate composition. |
For the best finish, lacquer should be sprayed. There is at least one product available which combines a lacquer base with a sealer in an easily applied topcoat which can be sprayed or brushed. If you use a brush, work quickly and apply lacquer with the grain using a good, natural bristle brush.
A properly applied lacquer finish is a thing of beauty worthy of the finest furniture. A hand rubbed lacquer finish has a deep, soft gloss and does not have the plastic appearance of many polyurethanes. The final coat can be rubbed out with 0000 steel wool and paste wax, or it can be polished with polishing compound (automotive compound is fine) for a soft luster.
Penetrating Oil Finishes
Penetrating oil finishes are easy to apply and produce handsome results. "Tung oil," "Danish oil" and "Antique oil" finishes fall in this category. They are good choices for antique furnitures or fine furniture which will not be subject to a lot of wear and tear. Choose another type of finish if extreme durability is a requirement.
Oil finishes are applied to the wood, allowed to soak for a certain amount of time, and then any excess is removed by rubbing and buffing with a rag. Several coats are applied.
Small scratches and defects can be easily repaired by simply sanding the defect and rubbing more oil finish in the affected area. The entire finish can be renewed periodically by rubbing in an additional coat. It is also a good idea to use paste wax on furniture finished using penetrating oils. The wax will give additional protection while complementing the appearance of this finish.
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