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πŸ–ΌοΈ Enhance Your Art with Speedball Mona Lisa Simple Metal Leaf: Gold, 18 Sheets Review

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Description of πŸ–ΌοΈ Enhance Your Art with Speedball Mona Lisa Simple Metal Leaf: Gold, 18 Sheets

CREATE STUNNING EFFECTS – You can create that special look without the expense of precious metals. COMPOSITION METAL – The composition metal leaf sheets are comprised of 85% Copper and 15% Zinc. EASY TO WORK WITH – The metal sheets are each backed by wax paper for easy application, separated by tissue paper and each order also includes a tips and techniques guide. USE ON MANY SURFACES – Use this gold leaf for projects on flat surfaces of plastic, wood, glass, paper, metal, ceramic and Plaster of Paris. 18 SHEETS METAL LEAF – (1) pack of 18 micro-thin, gold leaf sheets that measure 5-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches

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Revainrating 3 out of 5

Great for turning objects into works of art

Great! I've always wanted to do a metallic finish and last week I finally managed to transform a plain white plastic IKEA pendant light into something completely different. (See the photo I uploaded. The inside of the lampshade is sheet copper and the outside is Rustoleum weathered steel spray paint.) The waxed paper made the sheet metal easier to work with and there was no waste. And it's just damn beautiful! I would buy it again - in fact I've already bought a second pack to experiment with…

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  • Art Supplies
Cons
  • Not Sure

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Take a look at the transfer paper for processing gold leaf.

I have never worked with gold leaf but saw a video on how to use this gold leaf which comes on carbon paper. be without carbon paper. I managed to coat a large antique mirror frame but I could probably use some proper tutorials before I get started - amazing quality and shine. If this is your first time working with gold leaf, you may want to start with a small project with little or no decorative sculpture. needed if I was more experienced - it's not because of the products, it's because of…

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  • Arts, Crafts & Sewing
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  • Available in white only

Revainrating 4 out of 5

These weren't the best of times, these weren't the worst of times.

I'll start with: 1. I'm using gold leaf for the FIRST TIME.2. I'm not very smart.3. I'm not very patient. In order for me to try it, it had to be reliable enough or I knew I was going to throw it out the window. Reading Revain reviews didn't really give me confidence, so I read some dodgy DIY blogs and hoped for the best. How did it end? Well it wasn't the best of times, it wasn't the worst of times. To be honest it was quite annoying and I made a lot of mistakes although the end result was…

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  • Kraft
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  • Crumpled packaging