Barnabas Blattgold Gold Leaf Gilding Adhesive 60ml, Gold Foil Gilding Adhesive for Arts and Plating

In my experience, this product stands out on multiple levels: it’s super easy to work with (any bubbling smooths out effortlessly with a soft or foam brush), it dries quickly to a clear finish, the tack window is impressively long (up to 48 hours with no loss of adhesion), works well on a variety of surfaces (even wood), and being water-based makes application forgiving and cleanup simple. After trying several other adhesive products that either dried too fast or lost tack quickly, this one has become my go-to. Perfect results every time without the frustration. Highly recommend for gold leaf projects! It’s worth what you pay for.

Works well for canvas painting and wood. Very straightforward to use and dries quickly. Can be messy but easy to clean up. Bought my gold foil separately from a different brand and works well. Plan to buy sealant in the future!

I've been using this gilding paste for at least 2 to 3 years now and I absolutely love it. I've tried several different brands and this one is fabulous, it never dries out so you can work for as long as you need and even lay your metal leafing the next day if you need to so you can really take your time on your artwork!

Really good adhesive for leaf - goes on very thin with no bubbles. The glue has a blue iridescence to it when wet, allowing you to see exactly where it has been applied and if it has pooled. It's ready to have leaf applied after drying for 30 minutes, and stays tacky for a good while. NOTE: this product loses 1 star because the jar format is terrible - after a couple of uses, the glue congeals on the cap and neck thread, making it hard to open. Its also easy to spill when trying to prize the lid off! RECOMMEND: open the product and transfer to different container!

I used this today for my first time using gilt. It was super easy. I barely used any of the product and the mirror is about 30”x40”, with 2-3’frame. The bottles are small, but there is more than enough for multiple projects. Here are the before and after of the mirror. It went from brassy gold to antique silver and I love it.

I've never used gold leaf before and the instructions were easy to follow and the results were great. The sheets are very thin and will break apart easily but this was easy to deal with just go slow. Very messy to remove the leaf not glued so be warned, I had gold everywhere.

As someone new to painting/refinishing furniture, I have so much yet to learn. I've watched hrs upon hrs of different YouTube tutorials and it's a real crap shoot. You either get really solid advice from someone who really knows what they are doing or you get an epic fail (5 min crafts, I'm talking to you! LOL Long story short, I wanted to do gold gilding on a piece of furniture but I didn't have any gilding adhesive. NO PROBLEM, or so I thought. I'll just use another adhesive, one that I've had past experiences with and it worked well for the tasks at hand. It worked all right. Having never gilded anything before I had nothing to compare it to. Fast fwd a few weeks, I needed some more adhesive so I ordered the Barnabas brand as I'd previously ordered their gilding sheets (which by the way were Fab!) I initially thought that the 30-minute wait time was going to take forever. However, I'm in an arid climate and it did not take 30 mins to go clear and tacky. This made me happy, however, much more than the short dry time was how well, EVENLY, and SMOOTHLY the Barnabas adhesive bonded to the gilding sheets. It was like NIGHT and DAY! I would never have thought that an adhesive would/could make that much difference but it did. Gilding is a beautiful, messy technique that can't be replicated. As a novice, I found it to be a painstakingly tedious process but the end results are well worth it. Knowing what I know now, I would NEVER use another adhesive on such a large piece. It might have worked for something really small but if you're going to do a lot of gilding (especially over uneven surfaces) save yourself some hassle and invest in a product that's made for it. One lesson down....

This works well but my problem was the difficulty in removing the lid upon receiving item. I would purchase again because it's a great value for the amount of product you get, adhesive holds well and good durability. It doesn't take much product so you have enough for many projects. Just be ready to deal with a glued lid that is hard to remove.

arrived in good condition

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Perfect for sprucing up photo frames and crafts. Goes a long way but remember to wash you application brushes ..

I used this adhesive to apply gold leaf to wood appliques for a library I built. I liked that it changed color when the adhesive was ready and remained tacky for a while. The wood appliques were very detailed and I had to take some time to apply all the gold leaf. It was nice that I did not have to reapply the adhesive even after 30 mins.