How To Apply Silver Leaf To Furniture
Continue burnishing until the excess leaf is removed.
How to apply silver leaf to furniture. Foil doesnt flake like silver leaf. You could use Modern Masters Black Pearl color mixed with this Furniture Glazing Cream. However you will still be able to see the seams until you seal it.
Apply the glaze and then be sure to wipe the glaze back a bunch so it just sticks mainly in the cracks. Gather some excess pieces of silver leaf and brush them into places where there are holes in the silver leaf. Apply Gilding Size allow to come to tack 4.
Then rub it on with a scrub brush or a dried sea sponge to make good contact. Rinse with water 3. Before you peel the sheet of foil back.
Complete with supply list. Remove the tissue paper and use a piece of paper towel to gently rub across the top of the gold foil to smooth it out. And the sheet will come off almost transparent as you can see above.
Dont worry too much if there are wrinkles at this pointthis step is just to get the gold foil to stick. We use cheesecloth to do all of our wiping. They sell lots of supplies there too but I decided to look on ebay from the suggestions of other leafing bloggers and found 500 sheets of aluminum leaf.
This makes the silver leaf stick to the wax paper which makes application much easier. This is soooo easy and fast. Apply a very thin and even layer of glue.