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2091 Whiting 5kg

This is a very high quality grade of whiting, used mainly by gilders. Also by artists to add texture and bulk to paint. It's also the same compound as that used to mark our cricket and football pitches. 

See also: 2091C Whiting 25kg

Gesso - make your own with this recipe

Gesso is a traditional base coat for gilded frames. Once hard and smoothed, coat with bole or Gesso-Bole.

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.

Should keep for up to two weeks in fridge. Apply with round Gesso brush - as any metal on the brush may corrode & taint the gesso.