Gold Leaf Techniques, Fourth Edition
 The guidebook that has taught thousands has been updated with new materials, techniques and a full-color gallery of gold leaf signs. The buyer's guide is also updated. The fourth edition still details the art of gilding with step-by-step instructions and more than 170 illustrations, covering both the basics of handling gold leaf as well as advanced techniques and applications.
Kent H. Smith, a third-generation sign crafter and gilder, explains the basic procedures for creating gold leaf window signs -- from layout, pounce patterns and gilding, to backing up, finishing and varnishing. Additional chapters show how to gild carved and sandblasted wood, glue-chipped glass, vinyl and other surfaces. Antique effects, common gilding problems, their causes, prevention and solutions are also included.
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