Brush Special

3/4 inch Soft Goat Hair Brush - Professional gilder's brush

Item: 367/3/4 $ 14.00

Gilders Tip 3 in.
wide brush

A wide squirrel hair brush used for lifting or applying gold leaves to the artist's surface.

$ 25.50

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Step-by-step tutorials
 

Paint Effects for a Timeless Home

 Achieving Classic, Rustic & Romantic Styles With Paint Effects

Written by Tobias Freccia, the founder of Gilded Planet!

Special - Limited Edition. Each book signed by the author.

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Exterior Gilding

Exterior Gilding & Leafing Techniques
Practical information for completing your exterior gilding project with expertise, and durability.

Leaf Types

Surface Gold
Surface gold leaf may have a few irregularities and is often used where double gilding is required or the leaf will be distressed or toned.

Patent Gold
Patent gold leaf, also referred to as transfer leaf, is gold leaf mounted to special tissue paper by a pressure process. A book of patent gold leaf is assembled by placing each unit of gold leaf and tissue paper between pieces of thin rouged paper. The gilder can then remove one leaf at a time without disturbing the remaining leaves.
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Glass Gold
This term applies to gold leaf which is selected for it's higher quality having fewer pinholes and irregularities.

Double Gold
Double gold does not mean that the leaf is two times thicker than regular leaf. Double leaf may be only 10% to 20% thicker than regular gold leaf. Double means that it is heavier than regular.

Loose Gold
A book of loose gold leaf is assembled by placing each piece of gold leaf between pieces of thin rouged paper. The gilder can then remove one leaf at a time without disturbing the remaining leaves. It is removed from the book with a gilder's tip, a flat natural hair brush.

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Gilded Ceilings
& large surface areas

Gilded Ceiling Tutorials
Gilding Ceilings and large area surfaces like walls has never been easier. Learn how now!

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 Master Gilder for your project now!

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Freccia Studios

Silver Leaf Antiquing

Antiquing glaze creates the soft glow of slightly tarnished silver.

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The Gilded Planet

Gold leaf, genuine gold, gold leafing, gilding products, tutorials and gilding tips! A one stop gilding resource

Genuine Gold Leaf Products

For Gold specifications and detailed information on Genuine Gold products
visit the Gold Leaf Basics resource center.

How to Gold Leaf - Basic step-by-step tutorial
Exterior Gold Leafing Techniques
Gilding over Metal Surfaces
More Gilding Tutorials
 

Gilded Planet Specials - Individual Books of Gold Leaf - Gilding Kits 23kt Edible Gold Leaf