How to gold leaf, silver leaf and metal leaf with 3 hour oil size

This detailed demonstration shows you how to apply genuine gold, silver, imitation gold, aluminum and copper leaf to objects and furniture using the classic 3 hour oil size method. Brought to you by the folks at gildedplanet.com, you'll learn about types of adhesive, tacking and drying rates, easy leaf application tips and cleaning and burnishing the leaf.

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[artsparx]

gesso is used when doing a 'Traditional Water Gilding' application. This is the old world method used on furniture and objects and requires the base surface to be coated with multiple layers of gesso and then genuine clay (bole). Each layer is sanded. Then apply genuine gold leaf with a gelatin or animal glue (adhesive). While wet, the gold is laid onto the surface. Then use an agate burnisher (stone) and rub over the leaf. This creates a mirror shine. Expensive and labor intense.

[whitbyjet65]

@metamaterial Please remind me what language you're speaking. I'm Irish but I speak English, so I pronounce it the English (ie correct) way.

[metamaterial]

@whitbyjet65 Ours is the legitimate spelling, of course. Points for Eagleland, arbitrary demerits for Old Blighty!

[fluterampal]

When would you use gesso?

[whitbyjet65]

PMSL @ al-ooh-mi-num.