Gold tooling a line on the spine of a book
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Is there any adhesive involved in this process? If so, how do you apply the adhesive? Or is it simply the heat that binds the gold to the leather?
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Sorry for the late response on this. Yet, the foil that was used in this particular video is a genuine 23k gold sandwiched between a thin layer of clear mylar, and a heat activated adhesive layer. Most artificial metallic foils are constructed in a similar fashion. With a little bit of practice many different types of blocking foils can be applied this way...
RestorationBooks 4 weeks ago