Miniatum Gilding Size is a high gloss gilding and silvering. It is particularly used on paper, leather, and canvas/fabric. Kölner Miniatum should be processed at room temperature between 15 – 25 °C. Additional dilution with water is possible. However, this should not exceed 5 %. It can be stored for at least one year after production. Brushes, pens, and so on should be cleaned with soap and water as long as they are not too large to form a film. For longer work, periodic cleaning with water can become necessary, particularly in high-temperature surroundings. Cleaning with alcohol or acetone is possible after filming.
With Kölner Miniatum, the elastic nature of the size ensures a durable gilded surface. The turning of illuminated pages will not cause the leaf to delaminate. Adhesion is guaranteed on paper, vellum (degreased), smooth leather and different plastic foils (plasticizer-free), as well as on metal-concealed papers (aluminium) and a variety of other materials.
Miniatum is especially important for gilding in the domain of book illumination. Even without agate burnishing, surfaces with spectacular high-gloss can be achieved. Miniatum works perfectly when high gloss is desired, especially for small surfaces.
Recommended tools: Kolner Lettering Brush, and Instacoll Tussue.
To fine-tune the edge of your drawings, use the Miniatum Ink in conjunction with the Miniatum:
Kolner Miniatum Ink has been designed as an addition to Kolner Miniatum. It is a synthetic size in ink form for leaf gold and leaf silver for shiny but non-polishable metallization.
With Miniatum Ink, your creative possibilities are endless. The processing is carried out using various drawing supplements. Scriptures and drawings can be made with raised gilding of the finest lines in gold or silver leaf. In combination with Miniatum, all calligraphic leaf gildings are possible.
The metallizations created with Miniatum Ink are not just beautiful; they’re also durable. They permanently adhere to the elastic film, ensuring crack or flake formation is not a concern, even when you move a page of the book. The product should be tested on materials other than paper. Plastics can’t contain plasticizers because of the danger of ‘dulling’ previously high-gloss metallizations.
Miniatum Size Application:
- Miniatum Ink is used undiluted at room temperature between 15 and 22 °C, with writing and drawing feathers, brush, an ink pen, and a fountain pen or a drawing pen.
- The Art Pen by Rotring has been proven to be especially handy, not only because you can easily change the nib but also because the ink converter allows regulation of the amount of ink.
- The converter is also easy to clean since it can be disassembled into individual components. Miniatum Ink can easily be kept in a closed fountain pen for several days. If glueing still disrupts the writing with the fountain pen, cleaning the feather with water suffices.
- After emptying the writing tools, please rinse them thoroughly with water and keep them filled with water until the next use. All other writing tools should be cleaned with water immediately after use and dried afterwards.
In general, a single ink application is sufficient. With strongly absorbent papers, a second or third application might be necessary. Miniatum is best applied to wide areas. - The ink must dry thoroughly before applying the transfer gold (the same as for Miniatum). The average application has dried after about half an hour. The open time of gilding (gold or silver leaf, not composition leaf) is 3 hours after the application has dried.