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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mill Cove Treasures, post: 442585, member: 60&quot;]Water gilding is very expensive and time consuming, it gives the illusion of solid gold because it can be burnished to a high shine. Oil gilded frames can&#039;t be burnished. If Husar is using alloys instead of real gold, they have to seal the metal or it will tarnish. </p><p><br /></p><p>The initial water gilding is done with water but it has gelatin, denatured alcohol and rabbit skin glue in it.&nbsp; Once this is dry, any further water disrupts the adhesion and reconstitutes the base and it will crack and flake.&nbsp;&nbsp; Here is a Youtube video of the gold application and you can see where those lines come from.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]67LM4Iovll4[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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