gold dust 23 3/4 kt. gr. 1

It is 23 ¾ kt gold ground into a very fine powder, to be mixed with a suitable binder to obtain a color suitable for making decorations on the most varied supports.Powdered gold is also used in the sprinkling gilding technique (sprinkling gilding is obtained by projecting the gold powder onto an adhesive layer: covering the surface of the object with a gilding mission. When the mission begins to dry, that is when it is in a stage in which the paint begins to "pull", sprinkle the metal powder on the surface by beating it with a badger hair brush. After this operation and the drying, a soft cloth is wiped over the surface. serves to eliminate excess metal powder).Powdered gold is ideal for icons, miniatures, mending and retouching on leaf gilding.Once dry it can be burnished with an agate stone burnisher