The $7 Do it Yourself Guide to Art Gilt: Beautify Your Average Bible DIY-Style

Disclaimer for the overly optimistic or perfectionistic: If you can't tolerate some minimal red-dye on the end sheets, headband or tailband, then don't do this...unless you plan to send it in to be rebound, and thus outfitted with all new materials.
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[@Rachel-vb2yh]

THANKS!!!! I was going to buy the expensive one just for these pages but I'm so happy to come across this!!

[@musicandcoffee2853]

This is fantastic, good job! He does SUCH a good job on rebinds.

[@dandrenth5220]

Wow, that is awesome. Great video! Would it work on a plain white bible that has no gilting to start with?

[@Athanasius81]

Yes, it does. I did this about a year ago on Bibles with plain white edges, and it turned out quite well.

[@jeffcarlson3269]

@@Athanasius81 I cab have the ink i rub on show but that is all...

[@dallasmckinley]

This is a great video and I just forwarded it on FB to a friend. Blessings.

[@jeffcarlson3269]

didn t work for me

[@jaytankson6555]

Great idea and video! I'm going to try it out soon.

[@jaytankson6555]

Do you think an archival ink refill and a sponge brush would work?

[@jaytankson6555]

I used this method for three Bibles today and it works well. I used paper towels for the first and cotton balls for the second and third with better results. I found out that if you just rub the ink pad on it it can take a little bit of the gold gilding off.

[@debloui]

Amazing!! Thanks for the video.

[@virgilrobertsjr7870]

Why does it look like a gold sheen when the color is red?

[@custerranch]

Well here was me, thinking that was the nicest, deepest orange, and then I heard you say it was red😂

[@eleysium]

Fantastic, thanks!

[@mj-gb6tr]

Does anyone know if there's an actual gold colour available? I see one called 'chrome yellow'. I admit I'm confused your ink is red, not gold, but it looks shiny or gold at certain angles??

[@Real_LiamOBryan]

Is there a decent KJV Bible that is cheap (preferably $10-$25) that I can do this to anymore? It seems that this Bible is around $40-$60 everywhere I look now.

[@w0t_m818]

Go browse a local thrift-shop, usually they have at least a couple of copies of the KJV. You'll find a good copy one fairly quickly and cheap.

[@bensmith7857]

Check thrift stores, also if you have a local Ollis or dirt cheap they sometimes have discounted Bibles

[@lloydp7507]

Thanks

[@HeartInLight]

DIY is going to give you better color anyways. Almost if not ALL of the red under gold, have a pink hue to them. Nelson being the worst of them all imo. Its literally pink. In no world is it red. I even sent their CS rep an email about it. Color accuracy, is a big thing. You dont call pink or pinkish, red. Its either red, or its not. And I havent seen one yet that wasnt pink hued.

[@jasmineRN320]

I have a brand new premium Bible and SOMEHOW water hit the guilding and faded it . It’s the size of two small pills but it drives me crazy I’m going to try this to fix it

[@augustbinderybespokeatelie8092]

I would recommend using a makeup sponge rather than cotton pads. Cotton falls apart easily and you can small pieces of it in your pages and stuck into the art gilt.

[@Cherps91]

@Jeffrey Quinn. ...was this bible initially gold gilt or silver? I see silver before your process and gold afterward....how does that happen?

[@jeffreyquinn9429]

It was gold beforehand

[@lisajarvis3820]

Thank You

[@alphaandomega2709]

Has anyone used the baby blue bird color?

[@DavidIstre]

AWESOME! Can I apply this on Bibles that come with Gold or Silver gilding already applied?

[@jeffreyquinn9429]

Yes, thats what I did here

[@mauricebrown9641]

I have an older bible and I would like to re-invigorate the gilding. Do I need to sand the pages before the process, if the gilding is to be the same color?

[@TheMochaangel]

does the ink comes in different colors?? silver?? how would silver turn out on a regular white sheet /edge bible?

[@stevepaulfoxherrera9271]

Podrían decirme como se llama ese polvo que usa para pintar su BIBLIA???? Y si en Perú existe eso y con que nombre puedo buscarlo por fa ayudaaaaaaa

[@brownbear728]

steve paul fox herrera no es polvo, es una almohadilla con tinta, como las que usan en el correo para sellar los envíos. Esta tinta es para archivo, lo que quiere decir que no tiene un alto contenido de ácido, así que con el tiempo no se pondrá amarilla. Se lee fácilmente en la caja: ARCHIVAL INK.

[@Life-ch8rj]

Does anyone know how many bibles you can do this too with one can of paint?

[@davegarciaofficial]

How long does it take for the ink to dry?

[@jeffreyquinn9429]

I'm not sure. I'd give it a day at least though.

[@jeffcarlson3269]

I tried this rubbing the ink on exactly as shown.. but when I close the bible.. no Gold shows onlu the red ink... what did I do wrong? I fanned the pages.. yet when bible is closed tight NO GOLD... does the bible have to be brand new?...

[@jeffreyquinn9429]

I'm not sure--I've done it to an older Bible too, so I don't think it has to be new. Maybe you applied it too thick or didn't fan it enough?

[@jeffcarlson3269]

@@jeffreyquinn9429 it's possible I applied it too thick.... I received an art gild bible today.. and I looked at it closely.. when I open it.. the reddish tint barely shows on the pages....my job?.. the pages are beet red when opened...

[@lisajarvis3820]

New subscriber

[@RawfullyYours]

Thank you for this. How does it wear? Does it stay on through heavy use the same as regular guilting? How often does it need touch ups if you do 2 coats?

[@jeffreyquinn9429]

Sorry, I don't know because I don't have this Bible any longer! But even on "professionally" done editions, such as Allan Bibles, the art-gilt is often the first thing to wear off. So I would expect that this could use touching up every few years or so.

[@michaelarango7782]

Your RX mine bled into the pages so on each page you have like 1/16 ink around the edges

[@jkdbuck7670]

Practice on some old books.

[@moisesg.v.1575]

The only problem is that it covers also the silver gilding and makes it red too. This is a red over silver rather than red under silver, lol. If you don't care to loose the original gilding (gold or silver) then this is a good method.

[@jeffreyquinn9429]

You're right that it is dye over gold/silver rather than under. But if you do it carefully, it gives basically the same effect as dye under gold/silver. I've done this on 3-4 Bibles now, and it has never concealed the gold-- the gold still shows very nicely when closed in each case. But you can certainly overdo it so that the gold is completely covered.

[@moisesg.v.1575]

Jeffrey Quinn do you have photos or a video to show us the final product? Thanks. I want to know exactly the result before I do this to a nice bible I have from LCBP.

[@jaytankson6555]

Check this out writness.wordpress.com/2016/03/21/do-it-yourself-art-gilt-in-30-minutes-for-7/

[@JosiahShepard]

Is there any way to ... remove gilding? I have a vision problem affected by shiny objects, and would like to get a specific Bible, but it has gilding on it.

[@richardmacleery2553]

Lay your bible out like he just showed and use a fine grade sand paper. Seriously, its easy to remove the gilting from a bible.

[@unchiekun]

Wax paper

[@Barron1961]

I love the red color but you have ruined the silver gilding. The original gilding is gone.

[@radical7663]

Hey fatty - zip it