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Gesso - make your own:Traditional base coat for gilded frames. Once hard and smoothed, coat with bole or Gesso-Bole.GESSO RECIPE: Fill a 200g coffee jar with cold water. Add 7 heaped teaspoons of rabbit skin glue granules, and leave to soak for at least 4 hours.Heat in a double glue pot, but NEVER allow to boil. Strain.Add 6-7 heaped tablespoons of whiting - stir gently to avoid bubbles. Strain.Will keep for up to two weeks in fridge.Apply with round Gesso brush - as any metal on the brush may corrode and spoil the gesso.
A single ring free-standing electric hot plate. Adjustable heat settings. BEAB approved. Ideal for glue pot and warming gesso. Use with a sauce-pan and a straight sided stone jar. Hotplate diameter 190mm.
Base preparation, brushed on before gilding with gilt varnish or gilt cream.Seals the porous surface of wood and plaster, and provides an undertone to the gilding.Apply to a clean surface, and allow to dry, before smoothing with fine abrasive.Use with Cream Waxes to achieve a gilt finish.
Repairing a damaged frame often requires the building up of missing parts. This powder helps you take a mould from a good part of the frame. Can also be used for moulding childrens hands and shoes.It is flexible, enabling it to be removed from undercuts. Use equal quantities by volume, and add mould making powder to water and mix to stiff paste. Aim for a lump, like dough, which you press onto the part from which you wish to make a mould. Sets within minutes.Fine casting plaster (Part no. 1553) is mixed with water, and poured into the mould. It also sets very quickly. Trim to fit and stick into place with PVA glue. 500g.
Metal alloy leaf, in sheets of 140 x 140mm or 160 x 160mm. Each book has 25 leaves.Cheaper, and much easier to handle than genuine gold leaf. Will tarnish if not protected with acrylic varnish, wax or shellac.140 x 140mm, book of 25 sheets
Repairing a damaged frame often requires the building up of missing parts. This powder helps you take a mould from a good part of the frame. Can also be used for moulding childrens hands and shoes.It is flexible, enabling it to be removed from undercuts. Use equal quantities by volume, and add mould making powder (Part no. 1380) to water and mix to stiff paste. Aim for a lump, like dough, which you press onto the part from which you wish to make a mould. Sets within minutes.Fine casting plaster is mixed with water, and poured into the mould. It also sets very quickly. Trim to fit and stick into place with PVA glue. 950g app.
Wooden spatulas, for stirring paints or mixing pastes. Especially useful with Easy Gild Gesso-Bole, which must be carefully stirred before use. Ideal for testing wood stains. 150mm x 19mm, box of 100.
Metal alloy leaf, rolls, with transfer paper, 50m long. These are ideal for decorating mouldings and mount bevels.Cheaper, and much easier to handle than genuine gold leaf. Will tarnish if not protected with acrylic varnish, wax or shellac.