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It’s acrylic ink.

Unfortunately not. With this method you essentially scrape off a thin layer of paper.

@@AnnaMarieReads darn, well thank you for responding though!

I’m still trying to get the right amount of cornstarch

What brand foil are you using? Also mine turned out matte when the temperature is too high.

I used vinyl frog and stardust works

I never tried that before. It might be a bit too finicky to try to use stencils with foil. But you could maybe use foil for the background and use stencils to paint in a moon and star pattern on top of the foil. Might try it myself one day.

It’s to initially attach the foil without airpockets to the edge. I have done it before without and waiting for the foils glue to heat up enough to stick took to long and while moving the iron around it tended to move the foil as well because the glue on the foil isn’t tacky from the get go. By using diluted glue it helps to work the foil without it moving all over the place

No, unfortunately with sharpies the ink penetrates into the page. While a ball point pen only affects the top layer. Definitely would not recommend this method for that.

Unfortunately not. You need both the heat as the pressure from the iron to get the glue to melt and stick to the edge

@@AnnaMarieReads Thanks!

Transfer vinyl won’t work. It needs to be hot stamping foil. It’s incredibly thin and really something else than transfer vinyl.

For that you would need to remove the previous gilding. By sanding it down enough. At that point it will be just like gilding any other book. But if you mess up with gilding I am guessing it’s going to look worse than a scratch. If you have never done this before it’s definitely a risk you are taking.

Dab a Q-tip in Rubbing Alcohol it will also remove the glue from price tags .

Use nail polish remover and a cotton ball but put tissue underneath the page when u finish just iron the page

Never tried it. But I don’t think so. With this method you are in a way shaving of the top layer of paper. Considering that the bible pages are quite thin to begin with I wouldn’t recommend it. You might sand a hole right through it.

Unfortunately not.

You should use watercolours as they don't make the pages stick together. I have painted some pictures this way. The trick is that you need to use pretty dry brushes and layer multiple thin layers of pigment to achieve desired coverage, otherwise the paint ruin your book.

Okay thank you

You can use this technique on any book

I have never tried to gild a bible with tabs cut in. But I would recommend leaving the tabs ungilded. So making sure there is no glue where the tabs cuts are made. And just apply the foil on to the straight edge. I think that would give the cleanest look. When it comes to glue being to sticky. It is not supposed to be. I water my glue down until it has the consistency of milk and doesn’t feel sticky at all. After applying I make sure the glue is almost dry and is slightly sticky. And that’s when I apply the foil. By starting with applying gentle pressure with the iron intro to make sure the foil doesn’t shift. You always need to start out with gentle pressure and increase it over time. When you can see the that the foil seems to have stuck to the edge well. As in there are no air pockets underneath the foil. That’s when you should increase the pressure. It takes a lot of patience. Also I let the foil cool off completely before very slowly and carefully removing it. Hope this helps.

Oh, just saw you have one! 😂

I wouldn’t recommend that. It will have spots where it will shine through. It also won’t stick as well as it would on clean edges.

I never tried it with gold leaf, so can’t really say.

The temperature you are using on your iron is probably too high. Try lower temperatures first. It takes longer, but it should prevent wrinkling of the foil. Good luck!

No unfortunately not. A hairdryer doesn’t give of enough heat and it’s also a combination of heat and pressure that makes the gilding stick to the book

I never tried to remove a stamp. If it’s visible on the other side of the page I think that would be impossible to remove. If it’s not set too deeply into the paper you could try that method I used to remove pen marks.

A cut the piece of sandpaper to size. So it fits in between the book boards and just sand it in one direction (away from the spine). And I did try books with curved edges. It’s a little bit more finicky. But with a small enough iron it definitely is possible

You can use hot foil to fix the edges. But before you do any of that you first need to remove all the paint and previous gilding. It’s a pain to do, but well worth it in the end.

@@AnnaMarieReads do you think it’s possible to sand the spray paint away and leave the original gilded edges?

Unfortunately, I don’t think so.

You don't need to heat gold.