Gilding with gold leaf is not only pleasing to the eye but also increases the value of your gilded object, and thus financially rewarding.
These gilding products buying them individually will cost you $775, but buying them in a set you save $200.
Here is a list of what you need to start water gilding:
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- Gilders Knife For Cutting The Gold & Silver Leafs, Double Edge, 25cm Long, $96.
- Gilders Cushion, used to cut the gold/silver leaf onto, $185.
- Agate Stone Burnisher Tool #17 For Burnishing Gold & Silver Leaf, $99.
- Noris 23k genuine gold leaf booklet (25 loose sheets), $228.
- Gilder’s Tip 50mm For Picking Up The Gold Leaf, Pure Squirrel Hair Brush, $49.
- Instacoll Tissue, Very Smooth Cloth For Pressing & Polishing Both Metal & Genuine Leafs, $8.
- Horse Hair Cloth To Polish The Dry Bole Layers, Size 25x20cm, $15.
- Kölner Broad Golden Synthetic Brush, Black Handle 25 mm, $22.
- Wool ball for polishing the clay and gesso, $5.
- Gilder’s mop/duster, soft goat bristles (50mm), $8.
- 100g Rabbit skin glue, $11.
- 400g Kölner Fond is a water-based, one-layer gilders clay. $49
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