Instacoll

• Instacoll
  yellow or clear
• Instacoll
  Activator

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Apply minimal 2 coats of a weather resistant metal primer.

Sandpaper with fine sandpaper.

Apply Instacoll with a soft brush (nylon) or a sprayer. Dilute with water 5% to 10% if spraying. One or two evenly applied coats are sufficient. The last coat should be completely dry before applying the next layer. Wait at least 2 hours after application the last Instacoll layer. Now you have about one hour “ open time” to apply the gold leaf without using the Activator

Activate the dry and tackles surface of Instacoll with Instacoll - Activator using a cotton rag moistened with Instacoll - Activator. Rub the moistened rag across the Instacoll film up to a very thin and even size film results. This “film“ must be sparse that drying results in less than 5 minutes. The activator should be completely dry before applying the gold leaf. Now you can apply gold leaf for another 50/60 minutes. .

Use transfer gold. For outside gilding use minimal 23,5 k

Apply patent gold by pressing and rubbing a special instacoll cloth on the back of transfer paper. Continues gilding require always activating the next plane. Overlapped activating onto a just laid leaf enables a seamless gilded surface.

After the entire surface or a part of the surface is covered with metal, press again with the special instacoll cloth, especially the overlapping from the gold leaf. After this you can rub the surface with the special instacoll cloth in one direction to get a high gloss gilding You can use very easily the instacoll clear to improve your result when you are not satisfied. Apply a very thin coat over the gold leaf and wait about 30 minutes. Apply gold leaf directly without using activator directly into the instacoll clear coat