How to play lobular rosewood bracelets?
In the initial dish of lobular rosewood bracelets, avoid soaking in water and sweating. It is recommended to wear cotton gloves and rub the bracelets for one to two weeks. When playing in the early stage, there will be red marks on the cotton cloth. Don't panic at this time, because this is the pterostilbene on the lobular rosewood, which is a normal phenomenon, not fading.
Then put the red sandalwood bracelet in the shade for 3-5 days, and let it dry naturally. At this time, the oil oozing from the surface of the bracelet will gradually air-dry and solidify, filling the brown eyes, and Venus will become more obvious.
When you play again, be careful not to play directly. It is best to continue to wear cotton gloves to play, and be sure to play around the empty mouth of the beaded hands. It's enough to play 1 hour a day. After one to two weeks, you can feel the beads on the bracelet have a slight rough feeling, which is actually that the bracelet has formed a thin patina.
Constantly repeat the operation of the previous step and leave it for a period of time, so that the lobular rosewood bracelet will naturally dry and the patina will harden to a certain extent. Usually this time is about a week.
After repeating the steps 2 and 3 for three months, you will see that the lobular rosewood bracelets are very aura-like, and the well-coiled bracelets sometimes show strong reflection, and some even have glass luster.
When playing with the lobular rosewood bracelet, it can be said that it is playing and maintaining it. The new lobular rosewood bracelets are prone to cracks in winter or when the seasons change in the north. The reason is that the wood itself grows in the tropical rain forest and does not adapt to the dryness and cold in the north. In order to prevent cracks, you can drop some walnut oil on the surface of the beads or coat them with a layer of natural beeswax, but the number of times should not be too much. If there are small cracks, don't worry too much. Just keep playing with the lobular rosewood beads patiently, so that patina will form on the surface of the beads, and patina will naturally fill the cracks to achieve the purpose of self-healing.
Playing the lobular rosewood bracelet, don't be eager for quick success and instant benefit, you should use the method of writing, that is, playing gently. Because of the beautiful luster, the patina is constantly accumulated, and the work is slow and the effect is better. At the same time, it is necessary to be waterproof, prevent direct sunlight and stay away from organic solvents such as alcohol.
How to identify lobular rosewood bracelets
1.? Look. That is, observe the color and texture characteristics of rosewood. The real Indian lobular rosewood is usually purple-red when it is new, and it gradually darkens after it is used. Compared with African big-leaf rosewood, lobular rosewood is purple with patterns and glossy and oily, while African big-leaf rosewood is purple and black with no luster. The wood grain of lobular rosewood is not obvious, and some can hardly see the grain, while that of big leaf rosewood is thicker and lighter, and there will be obvious wood lines after polishing, that is, brown eyes appear. In other words, the big-leaf rosewood usually has thick fibers. After drying and shrinking, there will be gaps formed by different shrinkage of different bodies, which is commonly known as "cow hair lines".
2.? Smell. That is, gently scrape the lobular rosewood beads with a knife and smell the beads. Usually, the lobular rosewood will emit a faint fragrance. If the beads are too fragrant or have no fragrance, you should be cautious.
3.? Row. Take a bead and draw it on white paper. If it is lobular rosewood, it will have orange scratches.
4.? Ok. Because the lobular rosewood has a fine texture and a large specific gravity, you can feel the specific gravity of the object to see if it reaches the weight of rosewood (the volume should reach). Of course, this feeling can only be understood, but not expressed. You have to rely on your long-term accumulated experience to explore.
5.? Bubble. Scrape the crumbs from the lobular rosewood beads or put the beads into a glass filled with clear water, and the top layer of water (visual effect: most obvious near the top layer of water and the glass wall) will have the blue oil-like fluorescence phenomenon for more than 12 hours, which will be more obvious for a long time. This step is mainly used to exclude other rosewood and non-rosewood wood such as Dalbergia, and if there is fluorescence phenomenon, continue to the next step.
6.? Sink The density of lobular rosewood is extremely high, and its specific gravity is greater than that of water. Even a bead will sink in water.
7.? Fog. Put lobular rosewood beads into a container filled with alcohol, and red rosewood will seep out of rosewood in the form of smoke.
8.? Color. Observe the surface color. For lobular rosewood, the new profile is orange-red, and for a long time it is purple-red to deep purple, which will change with the different oxidation time. You can also stick an opaque tape on the newly made rosewood, and tear it off after one week. The position covered by the tape will be obviously different from the surrounding color.
The above is the method that Xiaobian introduced to you about how to play lobular rosewood. I hope it will be helpful for you to play lobular rosewood bracelets. As a consumer, although our current economic conditions are particularly good, I especially hope that you can seriously buy lobular rosewood. After all, things like lobular rosewood are still very rare. As the saying goes, things are rare, so you should choose carefully. Choosing a good bracelet is the premise of playing. Playing with lobular rosewood is the kind of slow work, we need to persist, be patient and, more importantly, be careful.