Gilding Metal Sheets

For metal surfaes including bronze iron brass aluminum copper.

Gilding metal sheets.

Gilding metal sheets showcase excellent cold working and formability properties making for a strong piece of metal. The leaves are easy to apply to almost any surface including canvas wood panels metal ceramic glass cardboard mirrors plastic and more. Add excitement and beauty to your home decor and craft projects with this gorgeous fun technique. When gilding cast iron for instance the metal should be treated with a rust inhibitor such as a red oxide primer.

4 5 out of 5 stars. The process for gilding any kind of metal is the same although you should thoroughly prime the metal first in whatever is appropriate. It s easy to apply genuine gold and silver to metal surfaces. Wehrung billmeier is the only remaining american manufacturing business of metal leaf products.

Gilding metal is a copper alloy a brass comprising 95 copper and 5 zinc. Gilding over metal surfaces these simple guidelines will help you produce a professionally gilt finished. Gilding with water based adhesives should not be confused with traditional water gilding methods. Applying genuine gold leaf or imitation gold leaf to metal surfaces.

The water gilding system produces a burnishable gilded surface and will be the subject of a later guide 1 prepare and prime the surfaceslightly sand the surface to be gilded if necessary and apply a suitable primer. For over 100 years wehrung billmeier has been manufacturing quality gold leaf and gilding products for artists sign painters framers decorators and retail outlets. Gilding metal is used for various purposes including the jackets of bullets driving bands on some artillery shells as well as enameled badges and other jewellery. We stock 90 10 gilding metal sheets in cw501l at s d non ferrous which has a remarkable flexibility to stress corrosion and dezincification and the appearance is an eye catching golden colour making it the first choice of metal for decorative craft and architectural uses.

British army dress regulations define gilding metal as 8 parts copper to 1 of zinc 11 zinc. Gedeo mirror effect metal leaves are mirror effect gilding sheets with a high gloss finish. With a shiny gold finish these sheets are perfect for metal gilding on metals woods glass ceramics or plastics. Package contains 25 sheets of leaf metal.