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 ...

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...

Eric,

Thanks! I will give that a try.

Thanks,
Steve

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...

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...

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...