DIY Fore edge PAINTING - How to make a painting hidden with gold on the border of your book 

It's really tricky to find a good fore-edge tutorial. You explained it simply and clearly- thank you!

When you accidentally said pepper instead of paper and showed the little pepper for a split second I laughed out loud 🤣 I love that type of humor

Hairspray has acid in it so that means it will slowly break down the paper over the decades. I find that if you water down PVA glue and use it for your first layer that it is easier. Still new to the technique so you may want to experiment.

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Merci beaucoup! I’ve been looking for ages for an accessible fore edge foil tutorial as well as overall bookbinding. Your dedication to going an extra step to actually create this in English is absolutely amazing! Thank you again! 💜

So helpful! Thank you so much. And especially for the note of not being too hard on yourself. Really appreciate your video!

This is incredible! You're so talented and this is such a detailed tutorial. I can't wait to try this

Every since I read Inkheart book binding seemed cool to me. It seems like it would be so calming. I gonna try it sometime

I've never heard of using hair spray for foil gilding! Very cool.

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Peanuts. I can't seem to find the links to the videos that you said helped you. You are right that it isn't up to Martin Frost standards but I doubt that anybody else is. This is certainly an interesting technique and I think is much more suited to folks doing this as a hobby (like me) than the full blown professional methods involving a lot of relatively expensive eguipment. I'm looking forward to your next video.

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That was a great tutorial!! Thanks so much!!

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I could listen to you speak for hours! Also... this is GENIUS. I'm officially now recovering my entire library. Thank you 😊

you make difficult bookbinding techniques so approachable with your thorough explanations and creativity with materials- I will definitely be trying this one out!

Very interesting and a great way to give some of my favorites books a nice decor. Thanks for the video!

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La mejor y más clara explicación de cómo poner foil reactivo en un libro. Thank you so much! Is exactly that I want to need learn 💕💕💕💕🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

I see what a culture stands behind this 12 minutes video... Beauty, accuracy, style, technique, appreciation of a book as a value etc, etc, etc... Amazing. Stunning tone of voice by the way. Thank you.

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its so amazing how you do it. thank you!!

Peanuts!! I love ur voice its so soothing and u explained it very well. I will def try this out.

Wow! This is so cool, thank you!

That’s so cool! I wish I knew how to paint lol

Doing it with that added piece would allow you to get just the text block between the two pieces so that you could do older hardcover books without possibly straining the binding.

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Peanuts! This was such a great video and I can’t wait to try this myself!

There are so many books I never buy because their so ugly on the outside😭😫 so this mini series is amazing

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Muchas gracias por el tutorial, realmente es muy útil y completo! 😊

Bonjour. J'ai essayé la technique que tu présentes. Merci beaucoup d'ailleurs ! Je trouve ce procédé innovant et plus rapide que de faire une dorure a la feuille plus longue. J'ai eu un petit problème avec la laque dont tu te sers comme bol. J'ai acheté une laque forte (L'Oreal), bien généreux. J'ai passé une spatule chauffante (un mini fer a repasser). Mais celui ci étant léger je n'ai pas la même pression qu'avec le fer a repasser que tu utilises. Mon essai n'a pas été concluant même avec 2 couches. Je me demandais si tu appuyais fort ou non avec le fer? Et surtout si tu passais vite ou lentement le fer sur la tranche (il aurait été bien d'avoir le Time code en temps réel du passage du fer sur la tranche) Une dernière chose. Je notre qu'avec une seconde couche de foil le rendu est bien plus métallisé, comme un miroir. Le fais tu systématiquement? Je travaille beaucoup les travaille beaucoup les tranches décorées en reliure. Si tu en as envie n'hésite pas à venir présenter tes travaux et techniques sur notre groupe privé Facebook, ou mieux encore sur notre groupe WhatsApp, nous sommes une petite société de relieurs et artistes français, mais je reconnais dans l'histoire les anglais ont toujours été les meilleurs pour ce qui est de réaliser des décors sur tranches. A la connaissance il n'y a aucune fore Edge painting dans l'histoire de la reliure française. En espe avoir l'occasion d'en reparler 🙏

What else can you use for the foil instead of hair spray?

How long do you sand each grit for? How do you know when to switch grades? Peanuts.

What are sandpaper sizes. I couldn't understand because I'm a foreigner

please please please show us how you made your diy book press!

How on earth did you gild your books?! 😅 I’ve used all the brands and techniques you’ve suggested and I’ve just ended up with burnt foil stuck to my mini iron. Even on the lowest setting and turned off. Help!

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Bravo. La laque a cheveux est obligatoire pour tenir l'or ? La colle pva est elle mieux ?

Attends tu que la laque a cheveux soit sèche pour mettre le foil?

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Amo il risultato sei bravissima! Peanuts

Alternative of hair spray?

Could a pyrography tool with a broad point attached to it be used to do the foil transfer?

Are you free hand drawing the image on the edge?

Soo it means that i could have holographic edges if i wanted to then... The possibilities are endless

How long does the gold leafing stay? I once received a diary with gold leafing on the edges and the gold came off every time I stroked its edges with my finger

I saw someone gild their pages with just gold spray paint, which might be easier.

Could I do fore edge painting underneath a regular sprayed edge? Or does it have to be a gold foil edge?

Peanuts 🥜 I’m ready to brave gilding my foredge paintings. I had a first disaster out attempt with gold foil on a humid day. That heat activated foil sounds great! What was the brand name? Do you have a li m to their site?

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Is there a way to do the gold foil edges on hardback books? If I don't want to take it apart and keep the original cover?

If i want to spray-paint the edges, do I follow the same steps but instead of foil paper spray-paint it? Will the result work?

I used pure bee wax on foiling. I hoping it won't flake. why did you draw before guiding? I m unsure I should do it before or after.

very clear instructions, HOWEVER, the promised links are NOT in the description!

Do you think this work with gouache??

I’m doing this to a bible as a gift, since the pages are really thin, do I still have to sand it?

Why cant you paint it straight on the book?

I'm down to clown, imma try and use this stuff to save my books that were damaged in a fire

what happened to your instagram and website?

The finer grit sandpapers, 2,000, 3,000, etc. are always available in auto part stores, at least in the U.S. They are used for finishing of auto paint jobs. I would guess they are available in other countries, as well. I know cars get painted everywhere.

Aurais tu une idée pour mettre l'or sur un livre dont la Edge est arrondie? Si je mets l'or avant d'arrondir je perds en qualité

the hairspray tip is genius

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Thank you for this video. I learn a lot.

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