Trying to Shikkui
２つ目の露天風呂の造り始まっている中で、ブロックの壁に日本の伝統的のしっくいを塗ろうと思っていました。地元の一番大きいホームセンターに行ったら１袋しかなかった。取り敢えず、買って来て、塗ってみました。後どこで購入できるか、直接メーカーへ連絡しました、大阪の家庭科学さん。そしたら、色々とご親切で、ええ関西弁で、教えて頂きました。まずはブロックにしっくいを濡れへんやと。ありゃま。変わりに白い色のモルタルを買いましたので今度はそれをやってみます。まあ、失敗しながら２つ目の露天風呂を頑張っています。
As previously mentioned, I've started working on building a second outdoor bath, this time outside the ladies bath. I wanted to use a traditional Japaneses wall plaster called 'shikkui' to decorate the concrete block walls. When I went to our area's largest home center store, they only had 1 bag in stock. So much for Japan maintaining its traditional building techniques. Anyways, I went ahead and bought their one and only bag and tried applying it to the wall. Then I contacted the manufacturer to find out where to buy more. He kindly informed my that you can't apply shikkui to concrete -- it sucks the water out too much. So instead, as per his advice, I bought some white-colored mortar and will try again. Trial and Error -- maybe that's the name I should call this 2nd bath! 🙂
信州戸倉上山田温泉の亀清旅館のHPはこちらClick here for the website of Kamesei Ryokan in Nagano
しっくいの家庭科学社のHPはこちらClick here for the Shikkui manufacturer's website
