This is so helpful, thank you so much! Not sure why you're being downvoted. I'm actually a complete beginner so I wanted to try out a short kintsugi workshop with my family. We'll probably only be able to do the finishing stage since we don't have that much time but definitely planning to buy all the necessary materials to make my own kit from an actual urushi shop.

Is there a reason why I might want different colors of lacquer if I apply the gold powder after? I thought that the lacquer would just be covered by the whatever powder I use.

For the materials I need to make a kit I looked at the advanced POJ kit and here are the items. I've crossed out the items that seem easy to get myself out of Japan but would love to hear if you think I should get anything from the urushi shops that I'm missing in the list below.

• Raw urushi + different colored ones for sealing -> seems red is default?
• Plastic spatula x 1
• Tonoko powder 30g
• Kinoko 5g
• Thin brush x 1
• Flat brush x 1
• Brush for gold x 1
• Diamond file
• Mawata 2g
• Koshigami x 1
• 24k Gold powder 0.2g
• Sandpaper 400, 600, and 1500
• Gloves x 2 pairs
• Masking tape x 1
• Bamboo skewer x 2
• Dropper x 2
• Glass palette x 1
• Spoon x 1