Hey Terry This is Bob Gamache. I was breezing through some older posts and stumbled on your post from 2018! I'm the person who made the gilded black glass restroom sign. It hangs in the playwright bar in times square nyc. its about 10"x24". You probably figured the technique out already by...

Thank you Terry for sharing the film....awesome! I was in Dublin last month and really appreciated the pride in heritage there!
Also the abundant turn of the century hand gilded mirrors in the pubs were outstanding.

Nice job Rod

Happy to hear everyones safe Mike! Scary weather patterns all over lately.....

Very cool Rod......Love the burgundy fades.....great job!

Hi Cal
Welcome to the forum. I enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing! Where did you pick up your sign kit?

Welcome Ron! Nice work!

Nice piece Jerry

Hi guys I purchase most of my gold from Urban at WnB to keep it 'local', good prices, good people, good quality gold....haven't gotten a bad one yet! I also keep a pack of wrights of lymm handy at all times! Definatley a superior gild and you receive shipment in a few days. Being close to nyc I was ...

Beautiful job Dan!
I did see this job when you originally posted it and still admire it!
Thats a keeper!

Hi Bruce
It seems the 'water closet' is getting more attention than usual these days!!!

Nice clean solution to your project. Nice job!

In nyc, pubs and restaurants normally letter'em up 'WC' which leads to alot of confusion in my opinion!
Your silhouttes help to clear that up alot. Real cool.

I thought you guys would get a kick out of this..........I was in Toronto Canada this past week gilding a window. I went into an old local coffee shop and saw this really cool, old glass sign on the restroom door! The owners said they picked it up in a antique shop a while back. I guess it just show...

Fantastic job as usual Rod!

Hi Rick Best to be safe! I travel alot for work and normally ship my materials to the destination ahead of me. On occasion, I have taken new brushes for a plane ride though with no problem! Again they were brand new, & not oiled up. If they're oiled up they have to go 'ground' use Fed-ex or ups....

I finally got that glass to chip! I ended up using a diamond bit in a dremmel. I distressed the gilding and the paint. I did spend a little too much time wrestling with this one! But sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do! Happy to say the mirror was installed on this past Thursday in manhattan. The...

Nice job on that mirror Rod. The photo doesn't do it justice.

The night before they opened, one of my clients emailed me over this night time photo of a job I did not too long ago in upper midtown manhattan (48th & Lexington)
This job was done in a similar manner as the 'G' job with the exception of there is a burnished outline (no black).

Hey guys sorry about the delay in responding. Thanks for the interest. This was a very simple straight forward job. A lot simpler than it looks. Mr Tyler, I used 23k on the whole job, maybe I'll try some lemon next time around! Vance, First I quick sized the outline of the 'G', surface gilded it the...

Great topic Vance! Just to cut to the quick.....for on site glass gilding I charge by the square foot, plus travel(gas tolls parking) not by the hour. I charge between $250 and $300 per sq ft. I normally complete most of my smaller jobs in one day.( Similar to the job I posted the other day ) For mi...

Just wanted to share a job I gilded today in the west village. The Goodwin Wine Bar and Cafe. Nice People, the space is kinda hidden but super cool, typical west village nyc. Will open next month. Door gilding was a 19" circle $600. 2 Side windows 30" wide x about 2" high $150 each. T...

Nice find kevin.

Master Dave! I also agree and have to say Thank You Dave for the inspiration ,vision and spark! You are a true master!

Great job as usualRod! Love the look. What's the pricetag on that puppy? Your client will be very pleased.

Mr White, thanks for the input! I tried it again for the 5th time the other day with a little more water and a thinner coat of glue applied to the warm level glass.......it did the same thing..........lifted in one solid piece without chipping. Today, (6th time around) I re etched the area with an e...

Hey Bob
I'm happy to hear I'm not alone! As far as heating the glue I use an electric glue pot that keeps the glue at 140 degrees. Ill let you know how my job ends up.

Hi Guys Thank you for the highly valued opinion and input! Pat, The glass was level and warm before applying the glue. Today I applied a thinner more even coat of glue this time around hoping it does the trick! Its drying on its own now. I normally use a heater/fan (on low) for the duration of my pr...

Hi Guys Im in the process of glue chipping a piece of glass. The glue refuses to bond to 1/2 the sanblasted area, the other half chipped(currently chipping)just fine. The glue dried to a solid state perfectly, was trimmed and heat was applied as usual. On one side the glue lifted in one solid piece ...

Totally killin it as usual Mr White!

Master Dave! Are you on a MAC or PC?

Mr White.......For what its worth........I know you love that old remington, it works well and shoots straight & it will do the trick most of the time.........but It might be time to break out that high powered uzzi you have hidden in the trunk in the barn. See if it works for you. Cant hurt. It...