YOUR TOUCH CAN BE AS GOLDEN AS MIDAS' AFTER LESSON IN GILDING.(Lifestyle) From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: November 9, 1996 | COPYRIGHT 1996 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The art of gilding - coating an object with a thin layer of gold - is centuries old and remains popular today. It's easy to see why. Gold leaf transforms a plain object into a brilliant, lustrous work of art, and it lasts for years and years.

All the supplies you need for gilding are available at good art-supply and craft stores. In addition to gold leaf, look for silver and copper leaf and alloys, also called composition metals.

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