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Do have any idea of what the difference is between water gilding and gilding micturition ?
These techniques are used by gilders for their creations and restorations.
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WATER GILDING
This technique is used to gild wood or plaster in an interior space : woodwork, ceilings, furniture and often objects such as a console, an antique chair, a mirror ...
The gold leaves which are used to decorate these subjects perfectly fit the volumes due to their extreme thinness (a few microns).
After more than twelve different stages of the work, the gold leaves are placed on the object to gild by using some water, as its name indicates it. This process produces metallic effects called masts and burnished, it means that gold sparkles differently.
The water gilding is, thanks to this feature, the most recognizable as also the most used.
GILDING MICTURITION
This technique can be performed on all types of materials: wood, glass, metal ...
The object must first be isolated by using a varnish. This mixture needs to rest some time.
When it crunches under your fingers (gilders say that it sings), it is the good moment to apply the gold leaves (and in this case they say that it is in love with gold).
A gilded object with micturition resists to water, so this is the gilding technique used outside such as wrought iron gates, the dome of the Invalides ...
COMBINE THESE TWO TECHNIQUES
When the two techniques are combined : water gilding on burnished parts, and oil gilding on masts. This combination enhances the volume of the ornaments.
A polishing ensures the final appearance. In the French gilding, polishing is done with an agate stone in the shape of a tooth of wolf that was used in the eighteenth century for this operation.
There are different types of gold. The colour can change depending of its composition : green, red, yellow, white, grey ....
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