2 Jun
2007
2 Jun
'07
4:50 p.m.
remember, the furniture industry used to, and may
still to some extent (restorers even) use gold leaf
for decorative purposes. The stuff is so thin - wild
guess - somewhere between .0001 and .0003" thick - it
floats in the air, and tares very easily. It's still
gold, one of it's properties is that it can be spread
awfully thin.
Essentially they'd apply glue to the surface to be
"gilded", allow it to get tacky, then apply the leaf
with a brush, somewhat similar to a shaving brush (for
applying shaving creme).
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