How to Make Gold Leaf Ceramic Baubles

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Go luxe this Christmas with gold leaf ceramic baubles! It doesn't just have to be for artists; gold leaf can be used in your home decoration just as easily, and it works really well for adding a bit of metallic glam to your baubles.

Once you get the hang of how to apply it, it's a breeze, so don't let the thought put you off - it's achievable even for beginners!

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*A paintbrush

*An old towel

Step 1

Paint the top half of the baubles (you should take the string out first).

Step 2

Now paint the bottom half of the baubles. Use an egg cup or similar to balance the bauble on to paint it.

Repeat steps one and two until evenly coated.

Step 3

Paint the bottom half plus a bit more of a bauble with the gilding paste.

Wait 10 - 15 minutes, you can rest the bauble on an egg cup.

Step 4

Tip the gold flakes into a bowl and when the 10 - 15 minutes are up, dip the bauble into the gold flakes.

Make sure that all the gilding paste is covered.

Use a soft brush to brush off the excess.

Step 5

Using a towel, rub the bauble quite hard to take off any small bits of gold that are sticking out and to shine the gold up a bit.

Step 6

If there are any obvious gaps that you want to fill in then just paint on a bit more gilding paste, wait the 10 minutes and repeat step five.

Step 7

Tie the strings back onto the baubles.

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Rated 2 out of 5 by KazzaT36 from Someone needs to check instructions Instructions do not match products. Guiding wax I didn’t think you needed the gold leafs and the instructions refer to flakes but the wax I thought has the flakes mixed in it already and no separate flakes are listed on the shopping list !

Date published: 2023-11-27