Water gilding for beginners

How to water gild. From getting the gold leaf on the pad, cutting the gold, using the gilders tip, gilding water recipe, laying the gold leaf, patting down to burnishing. On a Victorian picture frame.
Gliding water, 4 parts water, 1 part isopropanol alcohol, a pinch of made up 12-1 rabbit skin glue.

Chapters
00:00 intro
0:46 Water gilding
21:21 Burnishing

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[billdouble]

Amazing... I was so frustrated. The real lesson is to learn from people, such as you, who have been doing it for years. Brilliant ❤

[Puck]

I remember that I learned to put the gold leaf, in the first year of the academy, in a restoration camp. It was winter, we were sitting in impossible positions on the scaffolding in the dome of the church, and that's how we had to gild the stucco. You are wonderful and your advices are very good even for connoisseurs. Thank you!

[michaelgilbert]

Nice demo Ruth. The alcohol in the water or, gilders liquor, is a wetting agent. It's purpose is to prevent air bubbles from being trapped under the leaf.

[TYoung]

I’ll be wearing a mask when I try this! 🌬

[paulbouchard]

I'm absolutely new to this and I love how you went through such a detailed explanation to explain the behaviour of the materials - one of the best instructionals I've seen on any technique. Thank you.

[antonycroft]

Having just messed up my first gilding job, thank you!

[LindaM.DicksonMay]

*you want to run around the room, celebrating… but you won’t because the gold foils will fly EVERYWHERE! 😂😂💦 thanks so much for this awesome lesson. 💜

[saladilloba]

Thank you, Ruth! You are an excellent educator. Thank you for sharing your experience with us.

[redinabloogs]

Well done! Great job. The new gold matched nice with the old at the end there.

[paulstetsenko]

You are wonderful! Your enthusiasm for water gilding really shines - no, sparkles! I can relate to what you were saying at the end; I too had to collect bits and pieces of knowledge from different people. My first instructor was an expert gilder but there were some things she omitted or neglected to show; perhaps, on purpose. Luckily, there were other people who shared their know-how with me. Now, I occasionally teach some people how to water gild, and their first piece is 10 times better than what my first 10 pieces were. I often think that books and teachers describe and show what to do but neglect to tell what NOT to do.

[marissaaziz]

Just got into gilding....i guess I'm gonna be passable I got tutor like this. Thanks from Glasgow

[englishrose]

This is the best video I've found on gilding. Thank you for your generosity in sharing your expertise. I'd love to see how to gild complicated shapes like antique Chippendale style drawer pulls.

[kerrypitt]

Ruth I must admit to some hero worship here. I started watching Salvage Hunters when it first started. You folks were on BBC Canada for a few seasons and then I thought the show ended. I found out several years later that the show was no longer available to us. Now to watch it, is a technological adventure, so I miss some of them. The first time I ever saw you gild a mirror or maybe it was a different article, I'm getting old LOL. I wanted to learn more about it from you but, well now I can! All of you who work with Drew or Saxon or Tony, you are all just the best of the best and I have been around. My wife Judy just adored your work! That table you used a toothpick to clean!! 💯💯! The finished product, well Judy and I have watched it four times! Anyway I'm a Canadian so I talk too much! Thanks for this Ruth!!!

[cbaron]

Just mesmerising and very easy to watch and listen to you. At the end, I’d love to see you burnishing close up.

[mrobviuos]

I recently watched how gold leaf is made in Japan. Very interesting process. This looks like something i would enjoy.

[bronoun]

No wonder I couldn’t get started.
First time i saw guys gilding with leaf was outside on a busy road.
I watched and thought yeah thats easy .
Now 40 years later just got around to trying it myself. Im used to picking up skills easily: not this time.
Good teacher btw . Feels like you’re talking to me not a room full of half listeners

[EmilyBieman]

That was wonderful information, thank you.

[gildedlily]

Thank you for making such an informative video explaining the step by step process. I've done oil gilding and always wanted to try water gilding. You have helped and inspired tremendously. Please keep the videos coming....you are a wonderful teacher.

[smatutina]

I love your comments. I have to learn more about it. I just found you. you are brilliant. I also needs to find ( later when I learn more) laces that sell some of the material since I am in the USA.

[carlosvolpintesta]

Thank you Ruth, very well done, simple and very efficient