[Standard Kit] Traditional Gintsugi Tutorial (Silver repair) - Food safe method

[@chimahaga]

If you have any questions regarding the kintsugi procedure, please ask them in the Kintsugi Forum on my official website. chimahaga.com/community/my/kintsugi-forum I have not been able to check the KZbin comments recently because there are too many, so I will not be able to answer your questions here.

[@for-the-stars]

Stunning!! 😍😍😍 The silver compliments the blue glaze beautifully!!

[@jessicagridel]

Thank you so much for your detailled and fantastic videos !!🙏🙏😍 It's a pleasure to watch and to learn with you 🙂 In the filling part, you're using kokuso wata : what is the difference between the use of wood powder and kokusowata ? Is there any preference to use one over the other with some objects or texture ? 🙏

[@g.m.9180]

Thank you, i'm struggling with powder application and your videos have the most precise and detailed explanations on youtube in english. The quality standard of your finished pieces is also outstanding compared to other tutorials. I think my difficulty now is in eliminating dust and finding the right thinness before applying powder. Do you have recommandations for eliminating dust from the work area?

[@luvovror02]

I found the crack mending video I was looking for.

[@veyarain82]

How does one keep the silver areas clean and free of tarnish over time (masterful work).

[@drewcipher896]

Pure silver doesn't tarnish very fast like silver *plated* items in my experience. But you should never polish this kind of item since the silver is such a thin layer. Just submerge the tarnished bits in hot water with a bit of baking soda and a few strips of aluminum foil. It de-oxidizes the silver without destroying it.

[@veyarain82]

@@drewcipher896 Interesting! Would this tactic work for plated rose gold as well?

素晴らしい技術です♪

[@Scott-zo9wq]

I've seen that gold and silver can be used, what about platinum powder? Also, would using diamond powder, or other types of powders work as well?

[@TotodileSmile3721]

Gorgeous work, and fantastic tutorial! I'm hoping to attempt a repair shortly 😁 However, I'm having trouble sourcing anhydrous ethanol-- are there alternatives I could use for cleaning my tools? Would isopropyl alcohol work-- or would the presence of water cause issues?

[@chimahaga]

Isopropyl alcohol can be substituted, but its cleaning power is somewhat lower. Unlike ethanol, isopropyl alcohol is toxic and should be used with caution.

[@TotodileSmile3721]

@@chimahaga Good to know-- thank you!

[@FridayFrida]

Wonderful to see. But what a slow process... is the silver power only pure silver?

[@chimahaga]

Yes, what I use here is 100% pure silver.

[@FridayFrida]

@@chimahaga very interesting! I dont want to change the traditions or anything but you might want to try polishing it with a agate burnisher. Is the gold also pure 24 carat?

[@cmhgnyarara]

​@@FridayFrida Polishing with agate is effective, but in that case, using gold powder with a larger grain size will bring out more luster. The gold powder used in the tutorial is a slightly less pure gold powder of about 23K, which is quite fine-grained. The one used in my short videos is 24K. Incidentally, traditionally in Japan, polishing has been done with snapper teeth. There are many types of gold powder used in kintsugi depending on the particle size and purity, and you can find more information by looking up the words marufun and keshifun.