Gold Leaf Decorative Serving Tray for Appetizers, Desserts, Hors D'vour Dish - Medium

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Gold Leaf Decorative Serving Tray for Appetizers, Desserts, Hors D'vour Dish - Medium

Gold Leaf Decorative Serving Tray for Appetizers, Desserts, Hors D'vour Dish - Medium

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To summarize, if you have a gilded object, especially if it involves actually gold, that gilding will almost certainly outlast you if left alone. Two things can cause this not to happen. One, the substrate that the gilding is applied to can be damaged or improperly cared for to such an extent that it falls off, carrying the gilding with it. An example of this is a water gilded gesso coated wood object that is exposed to rapid or repeated humidity changes causing delamination and loss if the gesso and gilding. Two, the gilding can be removed by either the friction of wear or repeated and improper cleaning.

Gilt, or golden colored objects, can be beautiful and unique but also extremely fragile. They can last virtually forever or be damaged or destroyed in an instant. Totally impervious to light, chemicals, and time or wiped away with the briefest exposure to water. They are thoroughly understood by few and compromised by many. A 23kt gold leaf matte coating on gesso can be made to appear very much the same whether it was oil gilded or water gilded. About the only constant in gilt coatings is that due to their thinness they will be damaged by wear and friction. My advice, if possible, leave your gilding alone except to appreciate the most uniquely beautiful and most noble of metals, it is an element after all. If it needs to be repaired or cleaned, please call me. Gilt objects are created by using various karats of gold leaf, metal leaf (primarily bronze), or various types of “gold” paint. They can be plated, water or oil gilded, and painted. Plating can be done using many methods from traditional ormoulu, using mercury and heat, to various electrically induced coatings. Water gilding uses water soluble animal based protein glues while oil gilding can be applied using everything from traditional primarily linseed oil based sizing to a variety of modern sizings that can consist of many different synthetic materials. “Gold” paint can be pigmented with easily tarnished bronze powder, non-tarnishing mica powders, or in extremely rare cases actual gold powder, that are mixed into virtually any type of clear coating.

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Uncoated water gilded gold leaf will not tarnish and is impervious to most chemicals and ultra violet light exposure, but can be scratched by your fingernail and wiped away with one swipe of a water wet cloth. If you have a gilded object that has been damaged be very wary of most touch-up or repair materials. Virtually every “gold” paint sold in hobby, hardware, or art supply stores are bronze powder pigmented. It will look shiny and gold to start with, but unless it is coated to protect it from oxygen exposure that will rapidly change. Almost no “gold” paint has actual gold in it because it is cheaper to use actual gold leaf, both because of the thinness of the leaf, and you achieve a higher quality resulting finish. Unless you completely choke at the price of “gold” paint, I guarantee you there is no actual gold involved. If you need a gold colored paint make sure it contains a non-tarnishing mica powdered pigment from a reputable gilding supply company such as Sepp Leaf Products, Inc. in New York City.

To professionally clean a gilt object can require many different treatments and solutions on even a small piece. The safest general method is using a clean white cotton cloth, cotton balls, or q-tips, and the barest amount of clean, cool water. Wet the cleaning material with water and dab it off on a dry piece before cleaning so there is no excess moisture. Even the most careful repeated cleanings can remove the extremely thin gold leaf just by friction, so gilded objects should not be regularly cleaned. Would you rather have a dust and grime free object with no gold or a gold covered object with some dust?

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When you see the patina of grime and exposure time can add, oil gilded bronze leaf coating can be very hard to differentiate from gold leaf coating. In answer to the question I am most often asked, “How should I care for my gold piece?” you are almost always better off doing nothing, or the least possible, if you do not already know. Above: Removing heavy bronze powder coating to uncover matte and burnished 23 Kt gold leaf and carving detail Determining these proper treatments and solutions on a valuable piece requires a great deal of experience, and often a variety of testing. If you do not have this knowledge you should be very careful; use the barest minimum of moisture, and no commercial cleaning solutions because they usually contain a variety of chemicals, and always test first on the least prominent part of the object. I hope you are beginning to understand that gilt objects are not a homogenous or easily defined category. Not only are gilt objects made by using many different materials and methods, one object will often be gilt using a mix of more than one of these materials and methods interspersed and overlaid. On top of this, all of these different materials and methods are often damaged by completely different materials and type of exposures. Adding one more layer of complexity is that different gilt coatings will then be covered with a variety of protective clear coatings that can range from the now extremely rare traditional coating of water based animal protein glue sizing, to wax, to spirit varnishes such as shellac, to nitro-cellulose lacquers, to the extremely varied synthetic chemical based modern clear coatings. Possible Damage Situations

A metal substrate oil gilded with gold leaf will be fairly stable under water exposure, but a gesso coated wood substrate oil gilded with gold leaf will not.



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