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I thought that I have seen the answer to this and I thought it was no because the gold wouldn't stick to the etched. But if I gild the etched on a flat surface, let it dry and then paint the back, what would happen and what would it look like?
I have a piece I'm working on that is chipped and etched and the customer wants the etch to have goldleaf on it too.
-------------------- Laura Butler Vision Graphics & Sign 4479 Welch Rd Attica, Mi 48412 Posts: 2855 | From: Attica, Mi, USA | Registered: Nov 2000
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You can gild with oil size into sandblasted glass. It looks really nice, expecially if you blast a little deeper to give some dimension to the gold.
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Darryl, Should I use 12 hr or can I get away with 3 hr? Since some of it is chipped and other spots untouched and its already gilded, can I put size over those areas and just add more gold (in case of pinholes) to the sized area and the gilded area?
-------------------- Laura Butler Vision Graphics & Sign 4479 Welch Rd Attica, Mi 48412 Posts: 2855 | From: Attica, Mi, USA | Registered: Nov 2000
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I would use 3 hr, as you probably won't see the difference when the gold has the slight texture from the sandglasting.
I know a lot of people that gild with oil size over the back of the gold in the glue chipped areas to cover holidays.
For doing production glass jobs, I have even used "Wunda" water-bases size and composition leaf to cover the back of chipped areas and for smaller areas mix a little mica powder into some shellac and brush on gently.
I even fooled my boss one day, he told me to use comp leaf only on a job and I sprayed the glass first lightly with orange shellac to help "tone" the comp leaf from looking so "tinny". It looked pretty good on it's own, but didn't compare to real leaf side by side.
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