Anybody tried to do any Gilding, I quite fancy the idea and have the perfect project for it. Trying to read up on the techniques and look at what I will need, apart from gold leaf of course.
The shiny foil stickers on my bike frame are gilded?
I put gold leaf on the base colour, then a water slide decal for the printing and clear over the top of it.
This was to replicate stickers printed on gold or silver foil.
The first transfer I did was leafed and ready for waterslide n clear to late in the year to get the clear on as I spray outside.
So the frame was hung up for months. I looked at the frame after a few months and the gilding had gone green!
I had a good look at the ads for gold leaf and some say composite leaf, i.e not all gold.
When I bought the leaf I bought the wide brush for handling it, the book of leaf and a bottle of size.
I was painting the size on an area masked with masking film, the leaf tore cleanly when the masking film was removed.
I was surprised to see[or not see] I couldn't see that the leaf was put on in several bits.
I didn't achieve the shiny look of foil, I got a sort of brushed look to it.
I didn't look into how to guild, I just got the idea and had a go.