Gilder's Clay

Clay paste very finely ground, our gilders’ clay guarantees the gilder a stable and perfectly homogeneous and high quality paste. Use: - Mix the gilders’ clay with twice its volume of a warm solution of rabbit skin glue. The addition of rabbit skin glue is essential to ensure the attachment of gold on the surface to gild (mix 5 to 8 gm of rabbit skin glue for 100gm of water). - Heat in a water bath at 60 degrees Celsius - Carefully apply the prepared support. The paste must be placed in 3 or 4 layers with a special brush in three thin layers, spaced out by 2 hours (wait until each one is completely dry before moving onto the next one) - Finally, after 24 hours of drying, it will be polished with the “brosse chien d’assiette”. - Apply the gold leaves The color of the clay appears slightly, giving a final tone to the gold. The different shades can mix.