Thread: Gold leaf

My other obsession is pinstriping and gold and silver leaf. Straight razor bug is new. any other gold leaf or striping nuts on here? I ask cuz I think it would work well for scales(engine turned gold leaf ) with epoxy or automotive clear. If you know of any examples I would love to chase down pics.

i dunno... but if you do it please post photos cause that sounds uber cool...

Originally Posted by savalis1971

My other obsession is pinstriping and gold and silver leaf. Straight razor bug is new. any other gold leaf or striping nuts on here? I ask cuz I think it would work well for scales(engine turned gold leaf ) with epoxy or automotive clear. If you know of any examples I would love to chase down pics.

Sounds interesting. There is always room for new and innovative ideas in the world of str8s. How about doing a project and shooting some pictures?

Check this one out:

http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...ld-scales.html

That is a nice change.. I prospect for gold as a hobby with my dad and it pretty cool to see in it raw state too...

Wow thats cool.

Gold leaf on some sort of media, and clear coated with epoxy resin could be a stunning piece. I have had great results with System3 MirrorCoat for the epoxy resin.

My circutboard razor http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...ers-blade.html and Dexter themed razors http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...-butchers.html are examples of taking something and covering in the epoxy resin to create a smooth, uniform seal.

Thanks for the mention of the http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...ld-scales.html

In addition to that, I posted another of same technique http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...ph-elliot.html

Those were done with gold flakes mixed with epoxy resin on brass liners. 'The Real' I used gold leaf on top of the brass liners to soften the look of brass that may show through thin edge areas of the media. Details of how I did those are listed at both those links. If any other pointers with what I did there, let me, happy to try and answer.

I also have done some wedges with same technique such as the Dovo at this post http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...ous-shell.html and this one http://straightrazorpalace.com/custo...id-scales.html

Not trying to 'self promote' I had a kick doing those, and hope they give new ideas for others