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@@GomeowCreations don't you worry :) I already have everything from this list in my Lab, maybe the fiberglass of mine pen is just bigger, but I guess It will works fine anyway... Never tried the koumboo before, there's Always something to learn! Now I'm just too curious about future videos :) greetings! Valery
I´m an hobbyist in silver rings etc...and leather cuffs. I was trying to gild one of my rings and it didn´t go very well at all because i did not know that it should have been heated and pickled. So i searched a video how to gild properly, i saw this video. And i am glad i saw your video. Very very good video and so easy to understand and listen. Now i can try again. Nice necklace, by the way. Thank you.
The process of bringing the pure silver to the surface of a piece is called depletion guilding - common practice for rings. Great video Randy, thank you! 👍
I don't know why they call it that when raising a fine gold surface to low karat gold is also a thing. That may be why some call it, "raising a fine silver surface" or people avoiding using the term 'depletion guilding' when they are raising a fine silver surface.
Pronounced (as I was told by a Korean friend) like KUMM BOO, like word "come" as in "come here..." . Hope that helps!!! Love your videos, you are always FAB!
Nice results! Does your method work for layering leaf(s) on ready golden (750) medaljon? I need to strength one of the fragile wall of the hollow item. Does the leaf attach on the wall of same material (same melting point) if using a torch a) above the layer b) heat the jewel first and then adding the leaf on the preheated wall?
Hallo! Great i finally look what i need it. I made jewelry from cooper ( plus cooper wire)can I add it on cooper, or any other metal? Thanx for video! Best regards.
very nicely done and informative , wanted to make some of these sorts but never had any chance but yesterday i have ordered some of the tool so gonna make some lol thanks bro I appreciate it.
I have two brass brushes. One is very hard like what you may be using. The other brass brush I have has a soft feel, and doesn’t leave many deep scratch marks, but doesn’t he same thing, and burnishes too.
@@GomeowCreations -- That makes sense. I've been working with silver for a little while and I just got some gold foil to play around with. I'll experiment.
Would heating be necessary when applying to tin/aluminum? I made some aluminum stamped coins and would like to apply gold leaf to make them look like old pirate coins. Can I just apply metal adhesive?
This is real gold but it is very thin. It can come off over time like any kind of plated or covering. You can build it up in layers to make it thinker and last longer.
No problem and you would want to do your stamping first. As for polish, you will have to have a lot of gold layers to per sure that it's not going to come off as you buff it.
Do I have to apply the gold leaf on a flat plate of silver and then deform, for example with a convex shape or deform my piece first and then apply the gold leaf?
You want to do all of the shaping before you add the gold it is very thin and you can early ruin it with tools. So just make sure everything is to your linking when it comes to the shape before adding your gold.
Do you think that the gold is too thin for that kind of brushing? Just wondering. I bought a few .999 Gold 1/10th grams and am wondering if I can do this with sweat soldering with the pieces in the “investment” cards
Hi there! I was wondering if you’ve ever continued to do solder work on a piece after it’s been keum boo treated? I ask because my work starts flat but then gets shaped and more solder work ends up being applied after the part that would be best to apply Gold. It’s not direct flame, but it would be essentially annealed again.
It does on some thing some times but I have left it in over night before and it had no problem with flaking off. I have even put the parts into a Tumblr with steel shot and it cut came out black and shiny.
Not at all. I use hard silver solder so it's not going to get hot enough to do anything to it. If you use soft solder or electrical sold it will melt but you shouldn't be using that at all
I'm using sterling silver but you can you fine silver for it. The only difference is that you have to heat and clean the sterling to make it have a layer of fine silver on top of it.
SterlingSilver with Gold keum boo accents is what I might put on a listing. You can also add the 24k part in as well but make sure in the description you tell them that is is more of a gold plating and not a solid piece of gold. I would also briefly go over the technique in the description and talk about the history of it. It builds a story around the piece and gives them something to talk about if they buy it to others.
@@GomeowCreations For a pendant or earrings, which don't get a lot of action, does it matter? I know .999 is pretty expensive. I don't have the setup you do so I guess I'm always trying to find ways to make things simpler. Loving your channel!
@@GomeowCreations That cracked me up! I only use it sometimes for wire wrapping. Wire is soft but I've never bought sheet. Do what works for you is my motto.
I was wondering the same thing. I've seen gold solder used as an embellishment on reticulated sterling silver and was thinking of using fine silver. I might do a test and see how it goes. Also the AU link for the gold leaf is for imitation not real gold. Not sure that will work.
Mostly because I don't have that and I had some LOS on hand at the time. I have some other stuff that does the same thing but I do like to mix up what I use from time to time. 😁👍
It's a weak acid that cleans up your work after soldering and heating. It removes the flux and oxidation. Here is a full video about it th-cam.com/video/1mPAXsKXb1Q/w-d-xo.html
@@GomeowCreations I did even think about the fine silver being softer which means the 24k gold can get scratched up. Thank you for telling me about the softness of 999 fine silver. I was hoping to skip the reheating of the sterling silver. Of well this is going to be exciting. I will order the supplies from your Amazon links…I will be ordering the 24 k gold sheets was it this brand that you recommended us using 2 to 3 sheets on my project??? Im not sure what I will be using on but most likely something around the size of your sun… Thank you so much 😊 Michelle ….You did a fabulous job on this pendant necklace…..Especially explaining how to apply the 24k gold sheets onto the sterling silver sun…🤗
You can but most of the time you don't really want to use pure silver due to how easy it scratches and how much softer it is compared to sterling silver
You can wear a snug leather or heat proof glove, AND slide the whole piece to the edge of the hot plate, avoid burning your precious hands! Please! We love you!
If you put the liver of sulphur on to the piece instead of in the water, and then heated the piece, then you will get the same effect, without having to wait around...........
First of all, thank you so much for sharing this, it is really enlightening and inspirational! I have a question though, if you need to add gold details to a ring is this technique durable or is it better to use gold plating? Would you recommend keum boom as an alternative to gold plating? I hope it makes sense what I am trying to explain :)
Warning ⚠️ ~ you have an open sore on your finger ~ my friend who was cutting with metal ended up getting a speck of metal in a unprotected sore in palm of her hand ~ tool a long time and many hospital visits to sort it ~ also got very painful ~ please make sure to cover them for safety!
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If you are looking for more tools and materials that I use, well you are in luck! I made a page on my website just for that that I'm updating all the time so bookmark it to stay up to date GomeowCreations.com/tools-and-materials
*If you buy any of the tools or materials from my list I will make a small commission at no extra charge to you and it helps support the channel*
Great tutorial! Thanks from Rome, Italy
Thank you, and sorry that I don't have any links to stuff in Italy yet but I'm working on it 😁👍
@@GomeowCreations don't you worry :) I already have everything from this list in my Lab, maybe the fiberglass of mine pen is just bigger, but I guess It will works fine anyway... Never tried the koumboo before, there's Always something to learn! Now I'm just too curious about future videos :) greetings! Valery
Oh ok, well I have a lot planned for this year so there will be a lot more videos on interesting topics 😁👍
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I´m an hobbyist in silver rings etc...and leather cuffs. I was trying to gild one of my rings and it didn´t go very well at all because i did not know that it should have been heated and pickled. So i searched a video how to gild properly, i saw this video. And i am glad i saw your video. Very very good video and so easy to understand and listen. Now i can try again. Nice necklace, by the way. Thank you.
Nice clear description of the technique. Thanks.
Excellent video. Clear, concise description of the process and I appreciate the excellent filming that shows the method well. Thank you.
The process of bringing the pure silver to the surface of a piece is called depletion guilding - common practice for rings.
Great video Randy, thank you! 👍
I don't know why they call it that when raising a fine gold surface to low karat gold is also a thing. That may be why some call it, "raising a fine silver surface" or people avoiding using the term 'depletion guilding' when they are raising a fine silver surface.
I made the most gorgeous pendant with this technique I love this technique it’s better than anyone else’s thank you so much.
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Great tutorial that’s suitable for all levels. Thank you so much for sharing
Thank you so much for sharing your talent and doing so in such a way that makes it so easy to understand!
Well thank you very much 😊 and I'm happy to hear that you liked it.
Nice technique, and you explained it very well! Thanks for sharing this, I will definitely give it a try.
Thank you very much and let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks for the download and a good way to spice up the the silver work.
Pronounced (as I was told by a Korean friend) like KUMM BOO, like word "come" as in "come here..." . Hope that helps!!! Love your videos, you are always FAB!
Well thank you for that. 😁👍
I've been wanting to learn this. Thanks!
Well now you can 😁👍
Nice results! Does your method work for layering leaf(s) on ready golden (750) medaljon? I need to strength one of the fragile wall of the hollow item. Does the leaf attach on the wall of same material (same melting point) if using a torch a) above the layer b) heat the jewel first and then adding the leaf on the preheated wall?
This is such a cool technique
Yeah, it's a cheap way to add gold to your work 😁👍
Hallo! Great i finally look what i need it. I made jewelry from cooper ( plus cooper wire)can I add it on cooper, or any other metal? Thanx for video! Best regards.
I think it only really works with silver but you can always try and see what happens on copper.
very nicely done and informative , wanted to make some of these sorts but never had any chance but yesterday i have ordered some of the tool so gonna make some lol thanks bro I appreciate it.
That was incredible, and the piece was relatively simple thank you very much
That you and yeah it seems to add a lot to even a simple piece like this.😁
This project turned out great! Thanks for sharing
Thanks, I think I'm going to use more gold like this in the future.
It was a great and informative video.I hope you're well.
Thank you and I'm feeling better now 😁👍
Omg this is gorgeous work. Great video , I have been wanting to see this done.
Thank you very much and I hope it was easy to understand. 😁
I have two brass brushes. One is very hard like what you may be using. The other brass brush I have has a soft feel, and doesn’t leave many deep scratch marks, but doesn’t he same thing, and burnishes too.
Wow, this is great! Love your channel, thanks for the ideas and inspiration!
😁 I'm happy you found it inspiring 😁
After the gold foil has been fully applied and burnished in place, can you polish the piece without wearing away the gold?
Yes and no. You do risk it coming off if the gold is too thin.
@@GomeowCreations -- That makes sense. I've been working with silver for a little while and I just got some gold foil to play around with. I'll experiment.
Thank you! I have wanted to learn how to do this.
😁
Would heating be necessary when applying to tin/aluminum? I made some aluminum stamped coins and would like to apply gold leaf to make them look like old pirate coins. Can I just apply metal adhesive?
Great video do you know if it’s possible to use this same keum boo technique to white gold?
I honestly don't know. 😅
An excellent video! Thank you so much for posting it :-)
Well thank you very much for watching 😊
Great job!!❤
Great video! Thank you! One question. Can I use 3m polishing wheels? Or will it remove the gold?
Yeah the 3m polishing wheels will take the gold off.
The food grade gold leaf works? I thought I had to buy more expensive gold leaf from jewellery stores.
The problem with the food grade Gold leaf is it's very very thin so you have to use multiple layers of it to make it work
The gold on silver is highly stuck? or it's just stuck like weak glue ?
Thank you so much for replying
Is this way better than gold deeping ? And did you use real gold sheets ? Will the gold color will fade away after sometime ?
This is real gold but it is very thin. It can come off over time like any kind of plated or covering. You can build it up in layers to make it thinker and last longer.
Great video. Really nice work
Well thank you very much 😊
Have you polished your pieces after keum boo over time? I use it regularly. My customers ask me this and im not sure of best way.
Nice work, thanks.
😁👍
Thanks so much for the video and for the UK links, would I be able to stamp over this gold once it’s in place? And could I polish over it? Thankyou!
Or would you stamp your piece first and then place the gold?
No problem and you would want to do your stamping first. As for polish, you will have to have a lot of gold layers to per sure that it's not going to come off as you buff it.
GomeowCreations Thankyou!!
And what happened to gold leaf if we heat the pendant will gold leaf still attact with gold ?
The gold sheet can be used on other metal? Brass, alpaca, copper maybe? If yes, can u make a video if the procedure is different? Thank you
I have seen some people use it on copper but I have never done it with anything but silver.
will this layer of gold go away when you heat treat it?
Heat treat it? This the last thing that you do after all heating and soldering.
Thank you beautiful video 👏👏👏
I have a question for you, how did you make the texture on the bottom plate of the pendant? Thank you!!
I I remember right it was a diamond bur. I used a very fin tipped one and just ran it over the surface of the metal to get that texture.
What is the square piece of metal that you have on the hot plate? Is that necessary when you are heating the pendant?
It's just a sheet of copper or brass. It helps to keep you item from getting scratches and it also transfers heat really well. 😁👍
Do I have to apply the gold leaf on a flat plate of silver and then deform, for example with a convex shape or deform my piece first and then apply the gold leaf?
You want to do all of the shaping before you add the gold it is very thin and you can early ruin it with tools. So just make sure everything is to your linking when it comes to the shape before adding your gold.
H
ow were you able to patina it when you burned the copper off before the Keum boo process? Isn't it the copper that blackens it?
Do you think that the gold is too thin for that kind of brushing? Just wondering. I bought a few .999 Gold 1/10th grams and am wondering if I can do this with sweat soldering with the pieces in the “investment” cards
Love this. Thanks so much!
Hi there! I was wondering if you’ve ever continued to do solder work on a piece after it’s been keum boo treated? I ask because my work starts flat but then gets shaped and more solder work ends up being applied after the part that would be best to apply Gold. It’s not direct flame, but it would be essentially annealed again.
So if you try and solder or heat it too much with the gold on it it will burn off or just kinda fade away.
If you can protect the gilt area with refractory soldering clay it stands a better chance of surviving additional soldering.
Are you able to save the extra gold to use again for another keum boo piece that you took off from the sides and in the crevices?
Is there any reason to not position the gold while the piece is still cool, then just let it all heat up and then bond it at temperature?
So you said ten min in the LOS. I’ve heard it said that if in LOS too long if can flake off, have you hade that ever happen?
It does on some thing some times but I have left it in over night before and it had no problem with flaking off. I have even put the parts into a Tumblr with steel shot and it cut came out black and shiny.
Nice video. I haven't quite made it to pendants yet, lol. For some reason I find them much harder than rings, or at least more time consuming.
Thanks and that is kinda odd because I think rings are much harder to make haha
Can I do this using PMC3 fine silver clay and Is there any special way to do it since it’s already fine silver? Thank you
You can do it with that and all you have to do is heat it up and clean it off in the pickle. Other than that it is the same. 😁👍
Thanks. I do a lot of work in PMC3. will try this and I ordered from your information!
No problem and I have never used PMC3 but I know that this will work on it based on my research into it.
Yes!
Thank you for this demo. Could you have put the gold leaf on before soldering the moon onto the disc?
No you can't, it will burn off with the heat of soldering it. You only put it one when you are done with the torch work
@@GomeowCreations Won’t the heat of the plate destroy the soldered moon? I mean, open /“unfuse “the soldered moon? thank you very much! 🙏
Not at all. I use hard silver solder so it's not going to get hot enough to do anything to it. If you use soft solder or electrical sold it will melt but you shouldn't be using that at all
@@GomeowCreations wow 🤩 I definitely try it next weekend! Thank you very much for your quick answer!! 💕
@@GomeowCreations Ah but medium solder might melt then? Excuse me
Are you using fine silver, or can I do it in sterling silver jewelry as well?
I'm using sterling silver but you can you fine silver for it. The only difference is that you have to heat and clean the sterling to make it have a layer of fine silver on top of it.
Just curious, How would you market this if sold? 24k Gold foiled Sterling silver?
SterlingSilver with Gold keum boo accents is what I might put on a listing. You can also add the 24k part in as well but make sure in the description you tell them that is is more of a gold plating and not a solid piece of gold. I would also briefly go over the technique in the description and talk about the history of it. It builds a story around the piece and gives them something to talk about if they buy it to others.
Will it work with copper clay
I don't know, you can try it and see if it works 😅
Hi, if I use “fine silver”. Do I still need t do the copper heating thing ?
No you wouldn't have to do the heating step. You just need to clean the fine silver to make sure it has no oil on it
So clever. How long have you been making jewellery for? That piece is very pretty..😊
Thank you and I have been doing this for about 5-6 years now.
@@GomeowCreations super talented 😊
what is the white paper on the burner? parchment paper? thanks, mary..
At what point in the video do you see it?
Do you heat your pickling or do you keep it room temp?
I heat it, acids work faster when hot.
Love it
Nice Video I'm following 🎉
How long the gold will stay on it bro
It will depend on how many layers you put one and how much the necklace is coming in contact with stuff.
@@GomeowCreations thanks a lot for the info bro
Pollishing the silver after would make the piece much more attractive.
It might look good like that but I wanted to keep the black finish. I will try it on a different piece when I do this again 😁👍
Wonderfull work❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you very much 😊
Fascinating. I've never heard of this technique. One question, why don't you use fine silver so you can skip the copper removal process? TFS
Fine silver is very weak so I don't make jewelry out of it. 😁👍but you could do that though if you wanted to.
@@GomeowCreations For a pendant or earrings, which don't get a lot of action, does it matter? I know .999 is pretty expensive. I don't have the setup you do so I guess I'm always trying to find ways to make things simpler. Loving your channel!
Well thank you 😊 and you do have a point but I try to stick with my 925 silver for everything. I do buy 999 silver so I can make my own stuff 😁
@@GomeowCreations That cracked me up! I only use it sometimes for wire wrapping. Wire is soft but I've never bought sheet. Do what works for you is my motto.
I was wondering the same thing. I've seen gold solder used as an embellishment on reticulated sterling silver and was thinking of using fine silver. I might do a test and see how it goes. Also the AU link for the gold leaf is for imitation not real gold. Not sure that will work.
Where did you get such a heavy duty metal mesh? the ones I have keep getting to hot and breaking on me, they are too thin
This one amzn.to/2PgReOJ also I got this because I had the same problem and I have had this same screen for years now 😁👍
@@GomeowCreations OMG thank you!
Hey why don't you use Black Max from Rio? The bottle lasts forever and works immediately
Mostly because I don't have that and I had some LOS on hand at the time. I have some other stuff that does the same thing but I do like to mix up what I use from time to time. 😁👍
Assuming you nuetralize the LOS right? Baking soda/water....
Yes haha 😀
Love your work brother, like and subscribe without a doubt.
Thank you very much and welcome to the channel 😊
What is pickling solution
It's a weak acid that cleans up your work after soldering and heating. It removes the flux and oxidation. Here is a full video about it th-cam.com/video/1mPAXsKXb1Q/w-d-xo.html
nice
Thanks
Can I just use 999 fine silver instead of 925 sterling silver????? This was a great video…
Yes you can but fine silver is softer and is easier to scratch.
@@GomeowCreations I did even think about the fine silver being softer which means the 24k gold can get scratched up. Thank you for telling me about the softness of 999 fine silver. I was hoping to skip the reheating of the sterling silver. Of well this is going to be exciting. I will order the supplies from your Amazon links…I will be ordering the 24 k gold sheets was it this brand that you recommended us using 2 to 3 sheets on my project??? Im not sure what I will be using on but most likely something around the size of your sun… Thank you so much 😊 Michelle ….You did a fabulous job on this pendant necklace…..Especially explaining how to apply the 24k gold sheets onto the sterling silver sun…🤗
Why not just use fine silver for your crescent shape?
You can but most of the time you don't really want to use pure silver due to how easy it scratches and how much softer it is compared to sterling silver
You can wear a snug leather or heat proof glove, AND slide the whole piece to the edge of the hot plate, avoid burning your precious hands! Please! We love you!
Yeah that is a good idea haha I will have to do that is the future
🤔Now what is the procedure for pickling 🥒👀⚗️🥴 it? This is and seems like a major part of it you don't show us in your video😳!
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@@GomeowCreations 😳 Wow thank you for getting right back with me on my question to you 😉👍!
No problem
I’m interested in having custom work done, can you help me with that?
Email GomeowCreations@gmail.com
If you put the liver of sulphur on to the piece instead of in the water, and then heated the piece, then you will get the same effect, without having to wait around...........
Yeah you can do that as well
First of all, thank you so much for sharing this, it is really enlightening and inspirational!
I have a question though, if you need to add gold details to a ring is this technique durable or is it better to use gold plating? Would you recommend keum boom as an alternative to gold plating? I hope it makes sense what I am trying to explain :)
I think Keum boo is a lot thicker than gold plating so this might do better over time.
Can you sand me wolf mix if you can? I will make just one to see i will post a 2 photo.
Wolf mix?
Warning ⚠️ ~ you have an open sore on your finger ~ my friend who was cutting with metal ended up getting a speck of metal in a unprotected sore in palm of her hand ~ tool a long time and many hospital visits to sort it ~ also got very painful ~ please make sure to cover them for safety!
Wow, great tip!
You know what would have been much easier than doing that? Just making the moon out of something like 10kt gold to begin with
Yeah but it would have also been over 100x the price to do and would not show how to add gold bits to your silver work like this. 😅👍
Nice work dear how long does the gold last on the piece?
I really love this method thank you so much for sharing the method, all the details and resources, much appreciated , best wishes cazwadejewellery