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I'm redoing a hatch for a boat that the lettering will be done in GL with a large oval background of a sunset scene. As cost is a factor, I will be doing the job with 1-Shot.
Normally I would do the leaf first and then the outlines, but because of the airbrush work in the background (which I might just use my touch-up gun) I'm not willing to risk to masking freshly done leaf. Also due to the shape I'm somewhat worried if I can mask the background while doing the leaf to keep the excess gold from sticking to the 1-Shot, although I would much rather repair the background than the leaf.
Does anyone have a trick to keep the gold from sticking to a freshly painted background? I was think talc might help.
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If there is an outline to the lettering you could mask with just sticky-ing the outline. Cut a piece of paper the shape of the letter (or letter+outline reversed out of paper) then cut sticky mask of outline+ to stick the paper down.
if that makes sense the way I typed it
-------------------- Compulsive, Neurotic, Anti-social and Paranoid ... but basically Happy Posts: 2677 | From: Rochester, NY, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Egg white is another way of keeping gold from adhering to fresh paint. Just a coat over the area of concern, when that is dry apply size to area that needs gilding. After gold has been applied wash off egg white with water.
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or dab on some Whiting, finely powdered. It's a bit dustier & messier than eggwhite, but drier.
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Rick Glawson always told us to use kaolin(a very fine powdered white clay) and or whiting as Stewey suggests.Whiting is a bit grainier and tends to clump up in the size,...try letterhead supply,...Ron and or Kristie will have something more than likely,... Letterhead Supply
-------------------- fly low...timi/NC is, Tim Barrow Barrow Art Signs Winston-Salem,NC Posts: 2224 | From: Winston-Salem,NC,USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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I've tried the potato and egg white and have fount the Kaolin Power to be the best for me...Just put on a light dusting, lightly blow off access and size. Once guilded just wash off with clean water...
-------------------- Pat Welter Masterhand Signs and Designs Unity, Saskatchewan.Canada Posts: 1304 | From: Unity, Saskatchewan.Canada | Registered: May 1999
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Kaolin powder I find is the best! I have used whiting from the beginning but prefer Kaolin as it's not grainy and cleans up well, fine lines remain smooth no ragged edges.
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(do you get a gilded tomato with that too, Ed, or just a variegated leaf one !)
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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I prefer my eggs scrambled, don't break the yolks!
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I could just see my husband's face as I was grabbing the egg out of the fridge. "Are you gonna make breakfast.? "No, it's for a sign."
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Kaolin is also used as a base for many cosmetics.
If you Google Kaolin you will find many suppliers in and out of the country.
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