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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gatoblanconz, post: 11612102, member: 14927&quot;]So this is after I put Chinese ink on it although I think it was Japanese ink made in China but it was a genuine black ink.</p><p>Then I put beeswax on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can still see the original paint and you can even see some of the reddish undercoat. I.e you can still see the age on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does it kind of look restored and has it lost a bit of authenticity yes but does it look better for having inside absolutely and so I&#039;m happy with the outcome.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I was to do something like this again I would dilute the ink a little bit more.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the outcome though is a good balance between protecting something and actually having something that&#039;s usable.</p><p><br /></p><p>From what I can see these things sell for about a thousand dollars Australian if they are a little bit nicer, so I ultimately didn&#039;t feel it was the sort of thing that was untouchable.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got it off Facebook and they didn&#039;t seem to be too many people interested anyway I think people have only have so much tolerance for things that look too beat up. But I&#039;m quite convinced now I could easily resell this if I wanted to but I gave it to my girlfriend.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]546092[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]546093[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]546091[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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