Fresh gourd making process
1. Color gourd. Burn a pot of boiling water, add a little bone glue (woodworking glue), to be dissolved and then put people pigment (orange or rose red can be), the color shades decided by the test: then put the gourd into the pot, with a wooden stick up and down, so that the gourd coloring uniformly after the draining, placed on the mat to dry, and then wipe with a clean white cloth, can be smooth and bright, bright colors. 2. Applique gourd. Applique is a delicate processing art, pattern pattern, such as landscape, birds and flowers, ladies and longevity, dragon wind goldfish, tiger panda, etc., are suitable for gourd paste. Commonly used decal paper has two kinds: one is furniture decal paper. This decal paper pattern specifications, only suitable for large gourd stickers. With T01-14 fast-drying fat glue varnish (chemical stores) in the gourd decal parts (gourd under the belly of the convex) brush again, the front of the decal paper (painting side) pasted on the paint parts, according to the flat spread, do not make the wrinkles, 20 minutes after the removal of the decal paper, the beautiful pattern that is stamped on top of the gourd. Second, porcelain decal paper (i.e., porcelain decals). This decal specifications more, suitable for large and small gourd paste with. Alcohol in the gourd decal parts of the brush again, immediately stick the front of the pattern on the gourd, according to the spread, half a minute after the drying, and then in the decal parts of the relative other side of the Chinese painting pigment inscription on the auspicious words of congratulations or poems, and then brush the varnish again, drying is complete. 3. 3. chemical inscription hot stamping. Chemical ironing method is not as effective as electric branding, but easy to learn. Take 1 part of concentrated sulfuric acid, Xu poured 4 parts of water (can not be poured into the water sulfuric acid), with a brush dipped in dilute sulfuric acid writing or painting, and then placed on top of the kerosene lampshade baking, immediately showing a yellowish-brown painting to the words. The higher the temperature, the deeper the color of the handwriting. Operation should wear good gloves to pay attention to safety. Writing content can be white proposed, such as "New Year's good luck", "all the best" and so on. Stamping content can be selected from the comic strips, newspapers, matchboxes, with a pencil and reprographic paper will be traced in the picture on the gourd, and then use a brush dipped in dilute sulfuric acid along the line of tracing, baking that is.