Barnabas Blattgold Gold Leaf -24K Real Gold [25 Sheets, 3.1 inches] - Loose Sheet for Painting, Arts and Crafts

Shines bright!

Works great and looks even better. I had zero idea what I was doing, but the leaf performed as well as could be expected. I need to learn more about polishing the gold, but I'll be using this brand again for my next attempt at iconography.Lol, if anyone wants to give me tips, look for a video of me making this St Patrick icon on YouTube and leave your critique there.I hope this helps.

Great price for a great product. This stuff is the real deal. This year alone I've applied about 30 packs of this gold leaf, in the Missouri Governor's Mansion and a catholic church in Kansas City. The 23.5 karat was a little cheaper and worked great for the church, but didn't match what was at the governor's mansion, so I had to go with the full 24K and that worked perfectly, matching the historic existing gold leaf very well.I used the loose leaf at the church, but it's like gossamer, so any breath will send it waving and when you try to control it you end up crumpling and tearing it, so unless you need it loose, the transfer paper is better because it's stuck to the paper until you push it against the sizing on your wall/ceiling. The transfer is also better if you're doing a fine design, because only the design will tear away and you can reuse other parts of the leaf on the same paper, whereas the loose stuff can tear when you pull it away and therefore be hard to reapply elsewhere.User's tip: In the middle picture, I painted my base designs with latex paint before applying my oil-based sizing and ultimately the gold leaf. This would normally be fine except that it all happened in a two day time period, so the latex paint hadn't fully cured (even though it felt dry) and consequently the gold leaf stuck everywhere I pushed on it, not just on the sized spots. To fix this i used a fine point eraser-pen to "erase" the excess leaf and then go over it again with a bit of the latex base color.

This is black onyx I carved a 1 into and then applied the gold leaf to. Very easy to do if you understand how fragile gold leaf is. I used a fine brush to lift the gold leaf from the backing, if you tried to pick it up with your finger it would attach to your skin. I used a glue to attach the gold to the onyx. The glue and clar coat can be bought on Amazon. It took 1 day to get the order.

I've been buying this 23K leaf a lot lately because of the price, and for the most part I like it. The only downside is, it is extremely porous. I am not able to achieve a high burnished finish, it remains quite dull. Thankfully, most clients are ok with the dull. The nonporous leaf is about $90+ for a book of 25 sheets, for those of you looking for that.And for those of you complaining about it being difficult.... welcome to gilding!!!!!

When I've worked with gold leaf in the past, they've always been large approx. 6x6 sheets, I thought they were something that's a fairly standard size. Ordered these because the price was so much better than locally- Now I see why! It's less than half the amount of leaf! The leaf itself looks to be good quality but bummed about the size, will need to purchase much more for my project.Update: I initially gave this item 2 stars for the reasons above. The seller took the time to message me to let me know that these sheets are the standard size for genuine gold and that it sounds like what I've been using is imitation gold leaf due to the size. He was right! where I've been purchasing locally has been selling me imitation as genuine - so frustrating! I appreciate that he took the time to educate me, otherwise I would have gone on buying imitation for an inflated price. He also shipped me a book of imitation leaf for free which was so generous and allowed me to finish my project. Will purchase from this seller again!

The media could not be loaded. This gold leaf had good reviews from professional gilders so I trusted it for my first project. I think it turned out pretty good.I’ve included some photos of the process.I had printed out elvish letters, pasted them to a block of wood and routed them out with a palm router using an 1/8 inch ball nose end mill.Using the knife I cleaned up any wood burrs.In a dust free environment, I applied the gilding adhesive. I waited for it to set up. Then I applied the gold leaf. Then sanded off the excess with an orbital sander. Brushed out the dust,…coated with my choice of finish. (I highly recommend Odies Oil). Blew off excess finish in routed grooves with an air nozzle and buffed off surface.I’m sure I made a bunch of mistakes and I’m probably forgetting a bunch of steps and plus I wasted a lot of gold but this is just a review not a gilding tutorial. This is what I used it for. I didn’t eat any of the gold.If you’ve never tried it, gilding is fairly simple and easy. Watch a couple YouTube videos to start then keep learning. I want to do more gilding in the future and will buy more from Mr. Goldblatt. Thanks Barnabas you the man.

My husband is using this to gold leaf an exterior sign at a local bank. He was quite impressed by the product. It is as described. Also very impressed with the speed at which it was delivered. The photo is the "before" photo, after photos to be added later. It goes on with a matte finish, not overly shiny.