Japanning Recommendations

[JohnerH]

Mornin' all,

Whilst I wait for my 3 phase to be installed so I can continue with my garage and eventual Wadkin restauration(s), I've been turning my attention to my hand tools,

Yes, I am one of those who want the full set of Stanley planes and am quite happy to buy completely neglected planes and bringing them back to their former glory.

With that being said,

I am now at the Japanning part of this process, I'd like to keep the planes as much as possible to their original look/feel and Japanning is integral to that, I did think about primer/paint, but, no... Original look always came back to mind.

So,

Any recommendations on where to get this primal and wonderful substance?

I did think about making it myself, but, I've got enough going on and quite frankly I'm pretty sure better and smarter people out there have cracked this formula in a better way than I could ever do. Besides, I don't want to re-invent the wheel.

Appreciate in advance the help and pointers.

 

[BentonTool]

Mornin' all,

Whilst I wait for my 3 phase to be installed so I can continue with my garage and eventual Wadkin restauration(s), I've been turning my attention to my hand tools,

Yes, I am one of those who want the full set of Stanley planes and am quite happy to buy completely neglected planes and bringing them back to their former glory.

With that being said,

I am now at the Japanning part of this process, I'd like to keep the planes as much as possible to their original look/feel and Japanning is integral to that, I did think about primer/paint, but, no... Original look always came back to mind.

So,

Any recommendations on where to get this primal and wonderful substance?

I did think about making it myself, but, I've got enough going on and quite frankly I'm pretty sure better and smarter people out there have cracked this formula in a better way than I could ever do. Besides, I don't want to re-invent the wheel.

Appreciate in advance the help and pointers.

This may be of interest:

 

[Ollie78]

I restored a record 5 1/2 a while ago and had to strip it right down. I used a spray enamel in a can, mainly because it was just the right record blue.
Once ready I degreased everything and masked of the non painted bits. One coat of etch primer and 3 or 4 coats of enamel was a surprisingly good result. Not proper japanning but it still looks good and is not flaking off or anything.

I wonder if a powdercoat type of thing might be good for it.