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An accent glaze, highlighting the furniture details adds the finishing touches.

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Gold Leaf Application and Antique Restoration

Illustrated, step-by-step instructions for various gold leafing and restoration techniques.

We started with a found piece of furniture. It possesses a nice shape, but was in pretty poor condition. We decided on a light antique striee glaze on the cabinet and a strong, robust ochre marble for the top.

This step-by-step tutorial includes:

• Basic material requirements

• Preparing the surface

• Under coating

• Mixing your glaze

• Color palette - color recipe

• Glazing a door with inset panel. Illustrated diagram

• Accenting your furniture

• Applying a protective varnish coat

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Gilding Feature Silver leafing made easy. Transform everyday objects into heirlooms. The process known as gilding simply means the application of gold or silver leaf to a surface that has been properly prepared with an adhesive known as 'gold size'. Learn it!...

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