The importance of cultural relics is self-evident, it is the relics of human culture, the material wealth created by the ancestors of the past dynasties, and the precious heritage with historical, artistic and scientific value. However, artifacts are subject to natural and man-made damage due to a variety of reasons. In fact, almost all cultural relics have to be restored in a large area after they are unearthed, and the dazzling cultural relics we see in the museum have been restored to their original appearance only after restoration by cultural relics protection and restoration workers. This is the case with heavyweight national treasures such as Simu Wuding, Western Han Changxin Palace Lamp, and Ma Ta Feiyan, and the country's restoration of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang has never stopped.

Our country's traditional cultural relics restoration technology has always been in the leading position in the world, and in this field, we are constantly creating miracles. When the treasure of the Shanghai Museum, the Ming Chenghua Nian Su Sancai Duck-shaped Incense was unearthed in 1988, it was just a pile of broken tiles with a number of as many as forty or fifty pieces, and after three months of restoration, it was reshaped, with an estimated value of tens of millions. The golden jade clothes of the tomb of Liu Wu, the king of the Han and Chu Mountains in Xuzhou, were only more than 4,000 small jade pieces when they were unearthed in 1995, and it took several years to complete the final restoration.

Tang Feng's current repair ability is simply not comparable to these miracle restoration masters, not to mention his own repair skills and experience, a complete set of repair equipment alone is not Tang Feng's current financial resources can be satisfied. Of course, compared with those time-consuming and labor-intensive complex repairs, the restoration of this plum green brush wash is much easier, and Tang Feng is fully competent.

The repair of plum celadon is divided into several steps, such as cleaning, bonding, filling, priming, coloring, and glazing. After the formal repair is completed, it is necessary to use infrared heating equipment to do the drying treatment, and Tang Feng, who does not have the conditions, can only retreat to the next best, and bring the hair dryer used by Lin Muyu to blow his hair, and use the hot air of the hair dryer to speed up the volatilization of disinfectant water.

This pen wash is just a knock, which is slightly damaged, and does not need a large area of filling and priming, as long as the defective porcelain tire is completed. Tang Feng first poured out a small amount of high-grade porcelain powder, and then added colorless and transparent epoxy resin to stir, and finally made the filling putty that must be used to repair porcelain. It's complicated, but it's actually similar to the principle of painting walls in interiors, but the raw materials used are different.

The porcelain tire washed by the pen was only a little defective, and Tang Feng only used a small amount of filling putty to replenish the porcelain tire, and then he used a hair dryer to accelerate the curing of the porcelain powder putty. After blow drying, it is not possible to carry out subsequent repairs immediately, and it is necessary to wait for the chemical action of the filling putty to stop completely. Tang Feng clapped his hands and looked at Lin Muyu, who had been holding his cheeks and watching his work, Lin Muyu asked Tang Feng, "Did I affect you?"

"How could it be?" Tang Feng smiled slightly and said, "Mu Yu is the biggest support for me by my side. ”

Lin Muyu said with a light smile: "Tang Feng, you have also learned to lie, your face will not be red and your heart will not beat when you say such things." ”

Tang Feng said: "I'm telling the truth, why blush and heartbeat?"

"I'm not going to talk to you about this. Lin Muyu looked at the plum green brush wash and asked Tang Fengdao: "After it is repaired, can you see it?"

Tang Feng said: "After all, restoration is only artificial post-processing, and the restored antiques are not as good as the original without defects." If you meet an expert, you can still see it on a closer look, but the original intention of the restoration was not to deceive people, but to restore the overall beauty. Even if it is perfectly repaired, the auction house will still tell the customer when the lot is exhibited, otherwise it is fraud. ”

Lin Muyu asked: "Then why do you still want to repair it, can't you just sell the damaged original weapon to the other party." ”

Tang Feng said: "For buyers, the feeling of seeing a restored antique is completely different from seeing a damaged antique. I just wanted to improve the competitiveness of this wash with my own repair in exchange for a more ideal price, because I was sure that I would be able to repair this wash to the best possible extent. "The so-called perfection is that it is clear that this brush wash has been restored, but the buyer cannot find any traces of the restoration for a while. If it weren't for the fear of involving the Zhu Ji Auction House, Tang Feng was ready to hide the fact that he had repaired this pen wash, and his grandfather sold a restored black kiln to the Japanese. This time it's because he needs money urgently, and if he encounters this kind of thing that needs to be repaired in the future, Tang Feng is not ready to entrust it to the auction house, it is definitely not good to deceive people, but it can deceive people who can be deceived.

After a while, the porcelain powder putty was completely cured, Tang Feng continued his work, and after the porcelain tire was repaired, it was time to do the background color repair. Celadon is a monochrome porcelain, and it is relatively much easier to color, at least not like blue and white or colored porcelain, but also to outline painted patterns. Coloring needs to be used with nitro paint to tune out the same color as the original, color mixing is also the most critical step in repairing celadon, the color can not appear the slightest contrast, Tang Feng debugged many times on the palette to tune out the most suitable for plum green green, he smeared a little bit on the surface of the pen wash without defects, and waited until the nitro paint dried naturally before he asked Lin Muyu: "Muyu, do you think this color is appropriate?"

Lin Muyu took a magnifying glass and carefully observed the color difference between the nitro paint and the original, and said, "The color is darker." ”

Tang Feng first used glass transparent imitation glaze paint to repeatedly apply the blue-green nitro paint, and when this layer of imitation glaze paint was completely air-dried, he sprayed a thin layer of nitro varnish with a spray gun, and after a while, he asked Lin Muyu: "What now?"

"Hmm. Lin Muyu nodded and said, "I can't see it now." "The color should not be directly compared with the color of the original itself, but also take into account the color difference after glazing. Then, Tang Feng dipped a brush in turquoise and began to color, which is a very patient step, thick or thin, and the skill of the restorer is reflected in this simple thickness. It's like a chef cooking a dish, the ingredients are all those and the cooking time is not much different, but a good chef is able to cook a good flavor and effect.

After the coloring is completed, after the turquoise nitro paint has dried naturally, Tang Feng began to glaze with imitation glaze paint, because the glaze of plum celadon is very thick, it needs to be applied layer by layer, repeatedly. It is easy to say, and the whole glazing process consumes more than three hours of Tang Feng's time. Tang then sprayed a thin layer of nitro varnish with a spray gun to complete the most arduous process of coloring and glazing.

Lin Muyu carefully observed the restored brush wash again, and after a long time, she nodded and said, "Well, it's good, if I hadn't watched you complete the repair with my own eyes, I'm afraid I wouldn't have found any traces of the repair." ”

Finally, when it came to the final step, Tang Feng applied a layer of floor wax to the surface of the entire brush, and then polished it, and the whole brush wash was as brilliant as ever, reproducing its original appearance.

Solving the damage of Mei Ziqing's brushstroke, Tang Feng's nervousness has not been alleviated in the slightest, and the problem now is that Tianhuangshi, in case Fan Chengru can't complete it before the auction, Tang Feng will still face a dilemma.