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by Steve Racz
Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:07 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Question on gilder's rouge vs. whiting
Replies: 8
Views: 6963

Hello Letterheads, I was about to buy some rouge to do my own test when a kind letterhead who had seen my post (Bill Pickett) sent me some free! Thank you Bill! I did a test on two kinds of paint - Sherwin Williams 25 year latex based paint and One Shot lettering enamel. In my opinion, the gilder's ...
by Steve Racz
Fri Oct 29, 2004 9:01 am
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Question on gilder's rouge vs. whiting
Replies: 8
Views: 6963

Bruce, Thank you for the great info. I have never used talc because years ago when i started gilding a knowledgeable sign guy recommended whiting. After reading your post i'm sure that my problems are mostly because of the dark background, enamel paint and lack of drying time. I'm still tempted to b...
by Steve Racz
Mon Oct 18, 2004 12:08 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Question on gilder's rouge vs. whiting
Replies: 8
Views: 6963

Eric,

Thanks! I will give that a try.

Thanks,
Steve
by Steve Racz
Thu Oct 14, 2004 3:22 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Non-Pounce Patterns
Replies: 14
Views: 12575

Quill Hair and Ferrule caries Saral (qhfonline.com) in 5 colors. I've used it for years and it works great. Only problem is it comes in 12" wide sheets (maybe someone has a wider sheet per an earlier post) so you have to move it if you are doing a big pattern. On bare wood you have to press a l...
by Steve Racz
Thu Oct 14, 2004 3:04 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Question on gilder's rouge vs. whiting
Replies: 8
Views: 6963

Mike, Thank you for the info! I usually do wipe the entire panel per your suggestion - over time i have learned that you only need a very light coating of the whiting. The whiting came with a powder puff which i dust very lightly and then carefully vacuum off any excess. I was just hoping that the g...
by Steve Racz
Wed Oct 13, 2004 7:02 pm
Forum: The Hand Lettering Forum
Topic: Question on gilder's rouge vs. whiting
Replies: 8
Views: 6963

Question on gilder's rouge vs. whiting

I didn't want to derail Ron's post on other uses for gilder's rouge so i'll start this one. I was just wondering if anyone finds gilder's rouge to be superior to whiting when used to avoid gold sticking to the sign where you don't want it to. I have used whiting for years with pretty good success bu...