How to make an antique umbrella The process of making an antique umbrella

1. The umbrella ribs are made of hand-cut bamboo strips, and the umbrella cover is made of flannel paper coated with natural waterproof tung oil.

2. Production process

There is a folk proverb: the process is half in seventy-two, and moving in and out is not a trivial matter. Generally speaking, it is divided into the following steps:

Bamboo (1): instant bamboo.

(2) Making the skeleton: cutting the umbrella ribs, and performing necessary technical treatments such as water immersion and sun drying, and then drilling, assembling, threading and connecting the umbrella handle and the umbrella head in series to make the skeleton.

(3) Cover the umbrella: stick the cut paper on the skeleton, trim, finalize the design and expose to the sun.

(4) painting: painting patterns on the umbrella surface and drying.

(5) Oiling: finally, brush the cooked tung oil on the umbrella surface and use it after it is completely dried.