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s>36 THE ARTIST's ASSISTANT,
A brufh of fcerv foft hocr's hair, cr of the h: !i
kind, made large, is likewile commonly ufed for
paffing over the work, when it is become dry, in
order to take off the loofe gold.
Some fine cotton wool is alfo neceffarv for taking
up the fmaller parts of the leaves and laying them
on the work; as alfo for compreffing and adjufting
them when laid on; the cotton fhould be formed
into a ball, by tying it up in a piece of very fine
linen rag ; for if it be ufed without the rag, the
fibres adhere to the gold fize, and embarrais the
work.
A fmall flone and mullar, with a proportionable
pallet knife, are required to grind the mixtures
made of the fat oil, or gold fize, with each other,
and the colours that may oe added to them ; proper
brufhes are alfo wanted for laying on and fpreading
the fat oil, or fize, on the work ; and fome of thefe
fhould be fitches of different fizes, in order to con-
vey. and fettle the gold, where the relief of carved
work forms deep hollows.
Thefe are all the inftruments that are common to
all the three principal kinds of gilding.
Of the manner of oil gilding, and the preparation
of fat oil:—The gilding with oil is the moft eafy and
cheap, as well as moft durable kind, and, therefore
is moftly applied to common purpofes ; it is per-
formed by cementing the gold to the ground, by
means of fat oil ; the preparation of which is there-
fore previoufly neceffary to be known, and may be
much better managed in the following manner, than
by any method hitherto taught, or commonly
pra&ifcd,
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A brufh of fcerv foft hocr's hair, cr of the h: !i
kind, made large, is likewile commonly ufed for
paffing over the work, when it is become dry, in
order to take off the loofe gold.
Some fine cotton wool is alfo neceffarv for taking
up the fmaller parts of the leaves and laying them
on the work; as alfo for compreffing and adjufting
them when laid on; the cotton fhould be formed
into a ball, by tying it up in a piece of very fine
linen rag ; for if it be ufed without the rag, the
fibres adhere to the gold fize, and embarrais the
work.
A fmall flone and mullar, with a proportionable
pallet knife, are required to grind the mixtures
made of the fat oil, or gold fize, with each other,
and the colours that may oe added to them ; proper
brufhes are alfo wanted for laying on and fpreading
the fat oil, or fize, on the work ; and fome of thefe
fhould be fitches of different fizes, in order to con-
vey. and fettle the gold, where the relief of carved
work forms deep hollows.
Thefe are all the inftruments that are common to
all the three principal kinds of gilding.
Of the manner of oil gilding, and the preparation
of fat oil:—The gilding with oil is the moft eafy and
cheap, as well as moft durable kind, and, therefore
is moftly applied to common purpofes ; it is per-
formed by cementing the gold to the ground, by
means of fat oil ; the preparation of which is there-
fore previoufly neceffary to be known, and may be
much better managed in the following manner, than
by any method hitherto taught, or commonly
pra&ifcd,
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