How To Gild a Frame
Restoration-quality gold leafing is a time-consuming process. The stages of restoration include gesso finish, bole finish, gold-leaf application and reduced or burnished finished.
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Materials
- gesso
- wooden picture frame
- shellac
- boles
- gilding liqueur
- gold leaf
- rabbit skin glue
Tools
- brush
- fine-grit sandpaper
- steel wool
- agate-tip burnisher
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