Gilding with gold leaf is not only pleasing to the eye but also increases the value of your gilded object, and thus financially rewarding.
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.
- Gilders Cushion, used to cut the gold/silver leaf onto.
- Agate Stone Burnisher Tool #17 For Burnishing Gold & Silver Leaf.
- Noris 23k genuine gold leaf booklet (25 loose sheets).
- Gilder’s Tip 50mm For Picking Up The Gold Leaf, Pure Squirrel Hair Brush.
- Instacoll Tissue, Very Smooth Cloth For Pressing & Polishing Both Metal & Genuine Leafs.
- Horse Hair Cloth To Polish The Dry Bole Layers, Size 25x20cm.
- Kölner Broad Golden Synthetic Brush, Black Handle 25 mm.
- Wool ball for polishing the clay and gesso.
- Gilder’s mop/duster, soft goat bristles (50mm).
- 100g Rabbit skin glue.
- 400g Kölner Fond is a water-based, one-layer gilders clay.
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