How To Silver Leaf Furniture With Pictures

Always wear protective clothing, such as rubber gloves, a ventilation mask and long-sleeved clothing when you are working with chemical stripper.

You should start with the large, flat surface since it will be easier to gild. Once you have the process down, you can move on to the sides and more complicated areas. Only paint on gilding size to areas that you can leaf within one to one and one half hours. The adhesive won’t work for leafing after it has cured. Set a timer to ensure you return to your project just as the surface becomes tacky.

You will remove the overlapping leaf later.

You can also apply Rub N Buff silver color to these areas before you seal it to get rid of bare spots.

If you have areas that you want to spray paint silver, do this before you silver leaf the areas that are adjacent, so that the spray paint has time to cure.