Touching in gold moulding

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Touching in gold moulding

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Hi All,

Could anyone recommend a good all-round (if that's not asking too much) product for touching in dings on gold mouldings, please?

I'm talking about typical, pre-finished golds - not hand-finished gilts etc.

Also, what's the best fine filler to keep around the place?

Got a feeling I'll need to get good at hiding blemishes, so any general advice on techniques would be gratefully received.

Ta :D
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I've been really pleased with the results I've got from Liberon gilt creams https://www.liberon.co.uk/product/gilt-cream/

I've got a selection of them, and by mixing some of the colours together, I've been able to match exactly. Sight-edges seem to be particularly vulnerable to damage.
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Liberon Gilt Creams and sometimes Gilt Varnish. 'Trianon' being the most useful.

That said, some gold mouldings will be more easy to do the others. It depends on a lot of factors.

Why do you think I do hand-finishing? :lol: I can touch up my golds perfectly. :clap:
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Various gilt creams as already said and practice. You be surprised how much this will become instinctive as you go on. I hope that you will enjoy discovering the skills that you don't know you had. It all comes from practice. The most you do this, the better you get.
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The once that have served me well over the years are Amaco gold and dark gold used mainly for nail holes, a tube if Gold Finger and a 25 gm of "Treasure Gold" a non-tarnishing wax gilt that can be buffed with a soft cloth to achieve a lustre finish.

I have had the Treasure Gold for so long that I can't remember where I purchased it or for how much :? This can also be thinned with turpentine if required. The important thing is to keep the lid closed tightly.

As these items are used so sparingly and last forever the initial cost is immaterial.

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Thanks so much, folks. :clap:

Aside from my own cock-ups, I expect I'll have to get adept at mouldings first-aid for the times when it gets delivered with minor dings that are too small to send the moulding back, but noticeable to customers who have every right to expect as perfect a job as possible. (That sentence was waaaaaay too long. :oops: )

Did a really dumb thing yesterday: put the back wedge way too close to the edge, and it bulged out (visibly). Of course, it was the only stick of it I had, and it was perfect with the wife's oil I was doing. Managed to extract the wedge, but now need to fill & 'gild'.

Does anyone have any favoured wood fillers?

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[quote="prospero"]Liberon Gilt Creams and sometimes Gilt Varnish. 'Trianon' being the most useful.

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Ronseal multipurpose wood filler and Brummer wood filler interior are the ones I use. Although I see there's an exterior one too (belt n braces!! :lol:) but it says that it's suitable for "nearly all decorative finishes".
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Brummer Stopper for me too. Keep a small piece of damp sponge in the top and it seems to last forever. : Saying that, the last tin I purchased appears more oily? perhaps the formula has changed. :?

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Many thanks Pete, JT and everyone else.

I have a feeling that filler is going to be a major outlay for my operation :lol:
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