Manufacturing technology of oil-paper umbrella

The production process of oil-paper umbrella includes more than 70 processes, such as bamboo weaving, rib cutting, umbrella surface mounting, oiling and threading.

Generally speaking, including bamboo, that is, choose bamboo; To make a skeleton is to cut bamboo into umbrella bones and make it into a skeleton after soaking in water and drying in the sun.

On the umbrella surface, the cut super cotton paper is stuck on the skeleton, trimmed, shaped and exposed to the sun; Painting flowers means painting patterns on the umbrella surface; Oiling: brush tung oil on the umbrella surface; Finally, insert five-color thin lines between the ribs, and then install the handle, and an oil-paper umbrella is completed.

Selecting materials-sawing bamboo-planing and splitting strips-chipping bones-sawing grooves-drilling holes-sawing gourds-stringing gourds-steaming-drying-installing handles-installing keys-winding umbrella rings-installing umbrellas-pasting umbrella edges-painting-winding-threading decorative threads-painting tung oil-covering handles-topping. The oil-paper umbrella made in this way will take even an experienced master half a month, depending on the weather. Too much sun or rain will affect the formation of umbrella ribs and the smoothness of paper.

In the past, oil-paper umbrella was a common daily rain gear for ordinary people, and oil-paper umbrella workshops were also everywhere. However, from 1950s to 1960s, the traditional hand-made oil-paper umbrella was replaced by mechanized metal skeleton cloth umbrella. The traditional craft of oil-paper umbrella is exquisite and complicated, and young people are unwilling to work. The oil-paper umbrella, which was once all the rage, is on the verge of disappearing.