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Gilding Pads
Best soft pads for cutting gold leaf.
Used with a gilder's knife for cutting leaves of Genuine or metal leaf sheets. Select from a variery of sizes and styles, including shields to protect against unwanted air flow.
Gilder's Pad
Gilding Pad For use with loose leaf gold. Various sizes. With or without shield.
| GP/K
$ 50.00 Plain 6 x 6" American W/O Shield - BLACK Suede |
W/O Shield | |
| GP/S
$ 110.00 Standard 6 x 10" American W/Paper Shield - BLACK Suede |
With Paper Shield | |
| GP/D
$ 74.00 Deluxe 7 x 9½" Italian W/O Shield - TAN Suede |
w/o Shield |
Gilder's Gloves
Cotton Gilders Gloves. Ideal for working with Genuine Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf and tarnishing metals like Imitation Gold and Copper Leaf.
| CGG
$ 13.50 Cotton Gilders Gloves - 100% Cotton - 6 pairs (12 individual gloves) |
Gloves |
Horsehair Cloth
Horsehair polishing cloth. A mildly abrasive bole polishing cloth made from horsehair. Used in the Traditional Water Gilding process to polish Bole clay before application of Genuine Gold leaf. 10' x 15".
| HHC
$ 8.00 Horse hair polishing cloth - 10" x 15" |
Cloth |
Gilder's Knife
Gilder's Knife Single edge or double edge. Flat or round tip.
| GK/S
$ 39.00 Single edge with square tip 5½" blade |
Square tip | |
| GK/DF
$ 39.00 Double edge with square tip 5½" blade |
Square tip | |
| GK/DS
$ 39.00 Double edge with round tip 5¾" blade |
Round tip |
Gilder's Asphaltum
Gilders Asphaltum - 1 Pint U.S. A darkening liquid for creating shade effects on gold leaf. Solvent based. Manufactured in the USA. Asphaltum Varnish in a glaze is capable of creating wide spectrum of colors. Thin coats of Asphaltum Varnish appear light gold, while Medium coats of Asphaltum Varnish create rich Copper tones, Heavy coats of Asphaltum Varnish create Bronze Burnt Umber undertones and Very thick coats of Gilders Asphaltum Varnish appear Black and opaque. Many Antique Vintage Mirrors have Asphaltum Varnish as the original Backing Paint after the Glass was Silvered. Asphaltum Varnish was applied to add depth and scratch protection. Asphaltum is used in reverse glass sign work, in sandblasting frosted glass, glue chipping as a resist and shading effects. Gilders Asphaltum Varnish is one of the worlds oldest of coating still used today.
| AS
$ 48.00 Asphaltum - Solvent Based - 1 pint |
Asphaltum |
Gilder's Back-Up Paint
Back-up Paint: The thick screen ink used as a "back-up" paint for gilded glass. 8 oz container. Gilders Gold Leaf Backup Paint - Used as a Backup Enamel when backing up Gold or Silver Leaf while glass gilding. Gilders Back Up is packaged in Silk Screening Consistency, & for Brushing may be thinned with Turpentine or Mineral Spirits. 15 minutes dry time.
| DK/B
$ 56.00 Gilders Gold Leaf Back Up Paint - Black |
Back-up Paint | < |
| DK/Y
$ 62.00 Gilders Gold Leaf Backup Paint - Yellow/Ochre |
Back-up Paint | |
| DK/S
$ 62.00 Gilders Gold Leaf Backup Paint - 8oz. Silver |
Back-up Paint |
Gilder's Window Spar Varnish
Window Spar Varnish. Solvent based back up varnish for gilding on glass. 8 oz container. Used as a final overcoat for reverse glass work. Use for scuff and scratch protection and limited resistance to cleaning chemicals. Dry in 2 - 3 hours depending on environmental conditions. Apply with a brush or roller. Reduce with Mineral Spirits 5% - 10% to use in airbrush. INDOOR USE ONLY
| WS/8
$ 57.50 Window Spar Varnish - Glass gilding back-up varnish |
Varnish |
Rottenstone
Rottenstone is a very Fine abrasive for polishing (can be used wet or dry). It is ideal for producing an aged look on gilded surfaces. It is generally sold as a Finer powder and used for a more glossy polish after an initial treatment with coarser pumice powder. It can also be used to sand varnished surfaces and to buff stains out of wood.
| RS/500
$ 18.50 Rottenstone - polishing powder - 17.6oz |
500 gram | |
| RS/K
$ 30.00 Rottenstone - polishing powder - 32.5oz |
1 Kilo | < |
Pumice Powder
Pumice Powder - Extra Fine. Pumice Powder is used as an abrasive for rubbing gilded surfaces at achieve an antiqued worn effect. It is also used to degrease your gilders knife and gilders pad. It can be mixed with water or oils to make a paste which is then used to polish surfaces.
| PX/100
$ 14.00 Pumice powder - Extra Fine - 100 gram |
100 gram | |
| PX/500
$ 22.00 Pumice powder - Extra Fine - 500 gram |
500 gram | |
| PX/K
$ 34.00 Pumice powder - Extra Fine - 1 Kilo |
1 Kilo |
Product Description
Gilding Pads
Best soft pads for cutting gold leaf.
Used with a gilder's knife for cutting leaves of Genuine or metal leaf sheets. Select from a variery of sizes and styles, including shields to protect against unwanted air flow.
Gilder's Knives Highest quality. Steel blade and wooden handles.
Gilder's Pads Firm base with soft cutting surface. For loose leaf gilding.
Gesso Carving Toolsa variety of shapes range from a sharp pointed tool for deep crevices to a blunt rounded end for flowing curves.
This product is available to ship immediately. All our brushes are shipped fully insured via UPS. Solvent based products are retricted to UPS Ground service.
Gilders Tip Brush
For use with Loose Leaf gold. Various sizes. Allows you to pick up look leaf gold sheets and move the gold to the gilding surface without the need to touch the leaf.
22Kt Gold Leaf
This popular leaf is available as packs of 500 lvs, books of 25 leaves, on ribbon gold leaf.
Dux Quick Dry Oil size - gilding adhesive
This solvent based oil size is available in variuos sizes. Self leveling for a high quality finish. Quick size comes to 'tack' in approx. 1 - 1 1/2 hours and has an open time for up to 3 hours.
2" Gilder's Squirrel mop brush
Ultra soft squirrel hair brush - ideal for polishing gilded surfaces. With a range of sizes, this brush is ideal for removing skewings after the gilding process.