Water gilding on a budget.

Learning to water gild doesn’t have to mean buying expensive gold leaf. It can be achieved on a budget.
Water gilding a piece of decoration, showing how to deal with splits in the gold.
Gilding water 4 parts water ,1 part isopropanol alcohol, a pinch of 12-1 rabbit skin glue.

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Chapters
00:00 Intro
3:25 Water gilding
10:25 Patching water gilding
11:05 Burnishing
11:32 Finished piece

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