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Hi everyone... sorry for not replying but I didn't notice the questions until now. 1. I use 23.5ct gold. The burnishing takes a lot of skill. If you try to burnish too early or too late after the gold is applied to the bole it is a disaster and the stone will scrape off the gold rather than polishing it. The water solution is 2/3 vodka and 1/3 water, and I sometimes add a tiny bit of diluted gelatine. Hope this helps! Ian

Thank you so much for your video! I have posted it on the Society of Gilders Facebook page as our video-of-the-week. Best, Elizabeth.

The problem is nothing to do with the carat of the gold but about the adhesion of the gold, and the length of time left to dry. If you leave it too long then the bole underneath becomes hard and so the burnishes scratches the gold very easily. When the bole is soft it is not a problem.

hello do u use any kind of glue for the gold leaf? is that water? ty

Can you give us an exactly recipe for the yellow or red clay?

Hi. The yellow base is a mixture of clay and animal hide glue, and the solution which is a mixture of water and a little alcohol and a touch of the same animal hide glue, attracts the gold to the surface while at the same time re-activating the glue. Hope this answers your question. :)

When to start polishing gold with agate? how long after applying the gold?

Did you paintng anything on the white icon area to protect the excess leaf during gilding?

Hello sir, What is mixed in red clay? rabbit skin glue or gelatin?

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pls could u sent me , how we make the ampoli -- with water or egg- the white- , and if u want pls step by step pls , i will wait u , aa im from Greece, thanks a lot , GOT BLESS U

When your forehead is too dry, you can rub a little Vaseline onto the back of your hand and use this...

can you use bolos instead???

I don't understand how the gold is getting like a mirror. We made a good armenian bole with leaf gold on it. But after polishing it isn't so shining as yours. And: I still see the corners of the leafgold pieces. What do we do wrong?

Parabéns

Hi in the lillte bottle you have just water inside or you have mixed something else?

thanks a lot

You can see a demonstration of the egg emulsion on one of my other videos here :)

I would like to see the process from the beginning

can someone explain the difference between a gilded gold icon and a gold polished icon? thanks.

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your problem is not likely related to Carat

Hahahaha this is how white people painting Jesus white?