Talk:Japanning

Syntax

Isn't Japanned the adjective...shouldn't the noun be "Japanning" or "Japan work"? ~ 67.42.203.155 05:43, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• This reference to Japanning suggeests you're correct; "Japanning" being the process while "Japanned" would be the effect of the process. Joekoz451 18:17, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

1. REDIRECT Japanning

The BBC just used "Japaned" in an article as an adjective, to refer to a Japanned box. Gront 21:50, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

BBC link

Stub

I have restored the tag "stub", becuase the article is too brief to constitute a substantial discussion of the subject. I hope to be able to improve on this (sometime). Peterkingiron (talk) 22:06, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Article structure

Recent additions (while good in themsleves) appear to upset the chronological structure of this article, by imposing a long section on the trade of Wolverhampton and Bilston in front of that on Pontypool. My impression is that the industry there is at least as early as in the Black Country, and that the Black Country trade may well be derived from it. Possibly Pontypool japan needs to be merged here. Peterkingiron (talk) 15:39, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

American or British English?

A recent edit has changed this article from British English to American English. Yet the first non-stub version is agnostic as to which, and this is a European topic (if not specifically Welsh) and has little relevance to the US.

So why change to US English? Andy Dingley (talk) 23:59, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Sewing Machines?

In the vintage sewing machine collector community, the black finish commonly associated with old sewing machines is called "japanning". If this process is truly an example of japanning as described on this page, then it should surely be mentioned here, since it was common on Singer machines at least into 1940s, perhaps further. Pgf (talk) 15:34, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Added.

Unfortunately this article is now getting confused between japanning on wood (as a reproduction of urushiol) and japanning on metal (stoved, as a hard-wearing and moisture resistant finish). These are not the same two processes. Andy Dingley (talk) 16:00, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

True. I think on the whole it is worth keeping the two together here, but clearly distinguished, or they could be split up. Thoughts? Johnbod (talk) 16:47, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

translate

oh yeah it would be good to translate it in French anyway... but i would be censored again... Magnon86 (talk) 02:00, 17 August 2018 (UTC)magnon86

Toleware ?

The article states that in America, the term "toleware" was more frequently applied. As far as the carriage (and early automobile) industry was concerned, the term "Jappaning" was frequently applied. See article "A Study of the Methods and Operations Japanning Practice" in the trade journal Automotive Industries. A Study of the Methods and Operations Japanning Practice

Wondering if the Toleware comment applies to a specific industry or type of product. (non-transportation)- (GMTEgirl (talk)