Playing walnuts pays attention to four words "quality, shape, color and beauty". Good quality walnuts are delicate and hard, and the new walnuts sound strong and feel heavy when they collide. Old walnuts are as smooth as suet jade and collide like stones. "Shape" refers to the lines that match walnuts. The closer two walnuts are, the more precious they are. The density and distribution of lines, the width and thickness of edges are important factors to measure playing with walnuts. "Color" refers to the different colors of walnuts in different periods, and the old walnuts will show a transparent color similar to ruby.
How to play Wan Wen Walnut?
wash
Cleaning is necessary, but the problem is how to clean without hurting the walnut material. Some people simply soak walnuts in warm water, grab a handful of washing powder, and then brush off the mud in the gap. It's easy to do this. The problem is that the soaked walnuts will soften for a while, secondly, if they are not dried in time, they will be moldy inside, and thirdly, they may crack. Now introduce one or two better methods. Brush with a brush dipped in detergent or a cotton swab dipped in cleaning agent, then rinse with clean water, and then dry the water on walnuts in time. Dry it. Never blow dry or bake with a hair dryer. Leave it in a ventilated place for another two or three days. You can wash it once every three or five days in summer, once a week in winter, or better according to the sanitary situation of walnuts. If it is not dried in time after cleaning, black mildew spots will appear on walnuts.
When it comes to washing walnuts, some people never wash them, while others wash them very often. Some players are used to cleaning the valve at the tail of walnuts, which easily leads to air leakage in the walnut liner, and it is easy to get water when cleaning, resulting in internal rot and deterioration. If you buy an old walnut and sell it for many years, maybe the original owner is dead and needs washing. The cleaning method is: soak in warm water for 5- 10 minute,
Then brush off the attachments on walnuts with a stiff brush bought in the supermarket. The black mud and some dirty pudendal skin can be brushed off. Then dip your toothbrush in shower gel or shampoo, brush it again and rinse it with water. Some old walnuts don't have umbilicus under them, so they may get water after washing. You can seal the navel with candle oil and then scrub it. After brushing, dry it with a towel and put it in your hand until there is no water in the recess.
apply oil
Preserving walnuts with walnut oil is the choice of most players. For collectors, there are also many people who protect walnuts so much. Because they can't erase all the collections. The kneaded walnuts will have a layer of pulp to protect the walnuts, while the unrekneaded walnuts are basically the wood of walnuts that talk directly to the air. Especially in the dry climate in the north, walnuts without protective layer are easy to crack under the conditions of high temperature and high humidity, and oiling can completely or effectively prevent walnuts from being damaged due to season, temperature and climate problems. A variety of oils can protect and improve walnuts. Walnut oil is the best Olive oil has little effect on walnut color, which can prevent walnut from cracking. Sesame oil can deepen the color of walnuts and can also be used for color chasing. Chili oil can solve the problem of light color. An old player said: "The oiled walnuts are as bright as paint when pinched;" Walnuts that have not been oiled are as clear as jade! The evil consequences of oiling are often discovered after ten or even decades. "But many friends who sell walnuts said," If you don't put oil in it, you will love to smash it, and you can't sell it at a price. "A friend also talked about this oiling method: wrap raw walnuts in silk glasses cloth, wipe them on walnuts, and then put them on a plate. There are different opinions on how to produce oil, but not too often, because it is easy to turn black.
deposit
Simple storage. The fresh-keeping box sold in the supermarket is small in size and good in sealing, which is an ideal container for storing walnuts. However, it is best to put the cloth wrapped with walnuts together, and the walnut oil will naturally evaporate. When you open it for seven or eight days, you will find that these walnuts are smoked evenly by natural walnut oil, and the color changes quickly at first. For the maintenance of new walnuts, be careful not to be too cold or too hot, otherwise it will crack easily. Don't brush it with water immediately, let alone put it on the heater, because the new walnuts come just in winter. Summer tide is easy to produce moths after a long time. Just put the fine powder, and it will last for five or six years. Of course, if the storage conditions are good, or if you move frequently, this problem will not occur.
bruise
What if the walnut hurts its tip? Just keep rubbing, and keeping it natural is the best way to deal with it. Many minor injuries or minor injuries can be relieved by friction, even to the point where they are completely invisible. Of course, if you want to resell it, it will have a very adverse impact. Never use tools to file the tip of the knife flat, which is more harmful.