I think it's time you stopped referring to yourself as an amateur gilder. This is definitely professional work!

Your ability to communicate your thought process is a fkn marvel👍

Can't get enough of your videos!

Simply magnificent!

I am attempting to gold leaf letters that have been sandblasted into the back of a thick cast glass piece. The piece will be viewed through the clean flat side of the glass. While the 23k gold is bright and beautiful on the side it is applied, it is dull on the side that it will be viewed. is there a way to prep the sandblasted engraving so that it is bright on the viewing side?

Do you do Acid etching?

Known frazer for many years now and after seing this amazing piece in the shop (clockwork barbers) I had to watch this video. Defo brought a tear to my eye. Amazing piece. He is so proud of it and you should be too. Amazing work.

Hello Paul, I have a cast glass grave marker, and I would like to go leaf lettering on the marker and then back it with a dark marbleized enamel. Is the proper process to Gold leaf the lettering first and then email all the whole back over the lettering? it is 2 inches thick so it is very difficult to maneuver. my intention is to cast it in cement at ground level when it is finished. I would send a photo, but I don’t think your comments allow photos. Thank you in advance.

This is a good video about glue chipping. I recommend experimenting before you jump into a full blown project. Get to know your products.

Rock On Sir! Great Video! I would have replaced those with proper bolts, too. 🙏🚂🎼🌹🎵🎶⚕️🛠~C< 3)>>-Z->}

Thank u so much for this video, its simple and understandable for everyone! Thank u again!

How do you make a half silver mirror

Finally someone did this video!! It was so hard to get this information, I kept trying with imitation gold and always get the cloudy finish, I thought I had a problem! Now I will use it just for practicing before moving to real gold. Really thank you!!

Beautiful workmanship

How much would it coast to have something like this done ?

Were you the guy that built the Charizard card frame for waffler 69?

Great video Paul..... Can I ask a very quick basic question, how different is the preparation for making the screen itself when its going to be used for glass as opposed to tshirts, for example? If I was to go to a company that screen prints tshirts, should they also be able to screen print onto glass is I suppose what I'm wondering? Thanks again!!!

Thanks for the tutorial; I've been following along step by step on the paper in front of me and I'm happy with the result. As for shaky hands, may I suggest that rather than apologizing for them, that you show how you compensate: you aren't the only one with them and many times its the way to overcome difficulties that nobody talks about but that make the difference in a good picture.

I just found an old chipper I had from the 70's (Damn I'm old) ... the Brand Name was; I think was "angelglass".

These green bay shirts are killing me! 🤣 Good work

Ahnapee Brewery of Algoma? That's pretty obscure. I've been binge watching your videos, thanks for continuing to create this content. I enjoy finding these little Easter eggs from where I grew up, in northeast WI on Lake Michigan.

Glass chipping is amazing to me!

So sorry to hear about you losing your dog 😢and the other issues. It’s always good to see you and your very informative videos. I always learn from you and your videos. I still have not attempted and glass art yet, but I plan on it as soon as I can get the time. I also have a senior dog (15)who is fading and she is quite needy and requires a lot of time and attention due to her health issues. Of course that prevents me from getting very much time for my art, but she is more important so I’ll wait. Thank you for your great videos!💯❤️✊🏼

I know this is an older video but hoping to get an answer. What happens if you don’t clean off the excess glue from the vinyl? Does the glue chip the glass under the vinyl? Really nice work btw.

Amazing video! I've been looking for this information for a while. Having only used imitation leaf before for framing and wood application I was hoping to branch into glass application with that materials I had, but after testing a handful of times it just wasn't working well. Thank you for going through both materials and doing a comparison!

whatever works

Thanks for another great video, even if I don't personally use Photoshop I can see the value of your knowledge 👍👍 Do you prefer the buy me a coffee or is the KZbin thanks ok ?

What was that 8 gm powder you added

Wow, thats nice work.

Thank you for the video. I've been using Photoshop since it started, but always find it useful watching other people's methods and I always pick up some tips that I find useful even after all these years. You explain your methods very clearly and in a relaxed way, so that any beginner could follow and make use of your process. I'm only just starting out on my glass gilding 'journey' (having come from a photography and web design background ... and wanting to do something a bit more traditional), and I have yet to make anything on glass, but have watch quite a few of your videos. Saving up for one of Dave Smith's gilding course, but can't quite justify the expense at the moment (course fees and materials), but have learnt quite a bit of theory from your channel, so will maybe dip my toes into something practical soon. Looking forward to the next video.

Because i use for over 30 years Coreldraw i do use it most of the times for designing,i also do have Photoshop installed afther this great step by step i am going to give it a try ,great video again Paul Happy New Year.

I’m gonna come back & watch this, thanks👍 In the meantime, I have a Graphtec 6000 plotter & I use the software which came with it. BUT, I still want to learn & get my head around tracing & vectoring etc, so hoping there’s is a section here, that I can learn from & adapt.

I have a degree in fine art, but over the last 20 years I found out as a teacher Most Uni students I had here in Australia couldn't draw well, plus many companies would send me images they wanted for signage or promotion was often sent in adobe or corel draw ... I still have my photoshop in CC as well as illustrator. Again thanks for the effort mate with for signage Corel draw works well and is simple. I just bought a new Dell tower as ALL my other units in the factory were custom built. Again thank you... before I forget I have tried "Kittle" great software for ideas, but I'm not big on AI for my designs... to each his own.

Love your content - thank you so much for making these videos. Happy New Year!

Thanks! You're the best!

Ah that's what it is. Watched a Japanese maker but he didn't explain what was going on with the glue. Great skills and patience to put so much work into a sign.

This works more for imitation gold and aluminum leaf but you can use a blue shop towel or even a cheap paper coffee filter. It leaves a pretty good polished scratch. You might need a more full turn than you use for genuine gold. It works really well with a drill, you just need to change the paper if you are doing a large area because the paper will burnish and lose its tooth making it more polish spin than a nice record groove spin. Thanks for sharing this one! oil gilding and turning takes practice, this hopefully helps folks use up less supplies playing guess work.

Merry Christmas and Happy Gilder Year!😁

Beautiful video Paul, merry christmas for you your lovely wife and those cute dogs. 2025 is gonna be great!

Thankkkkk you for this video!

Wtf! Now i need a tomahawk 😂

Could you do a vinyl mask design and just paint it with clear enamel? Would that enamel layer be thick enough to look embossed?

I love the gremlin; I've maintained for a long time "Gremlins" is a Christmas movie. Merry Christmas my friend!

I wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year with your beautiful family. Get well soon. Greetings

Merry Christmas and it’s great to see you back on KZbin! Thank you for all of your amazing videos!

Hello , happy holidays 🎉 I a new subscriber, new to gold leaf gilding , when I tried it on glass using imitation gold with gelatine size the mirror effect was not as smooth has cracks like appearance. Can you tell me what went wrong pls ?

Merry Christmas

Danke für deine Arbeit und deine Zeit mein Freund! Viele Grüße sendet Johannes W.

I'm super new to this in fact I've not even done any actual glass guilding yet. Just barely discovering it. These have been THE single most informative videos I've found. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. Your work Is incredible. By the way

Do you ever plan on doing a tutorial on just the vinyl-making process? I've gotten a fair bit along, on the majority of a design but there's a few things I can't figure out... would be nice to see how you approach the vinyl design end of it.