So im working on some Power Rangers 2017 coins and having difficulty replicating this particular effect with gold leaf foil adhesive size. Ive determined that used gold leaf foil based on other unfinished coins from the PropStore auction that show foil that hasnt been wiped away on other coins.
I thought it would be as easy as sponging on the oil based size Im using or lightly dry brushing it, but the gold leaf always comes out in chunks instead of the pattern ive brushed on. Do i need to thin out the adhesive with mineral spirits? Do I need to use a different foil?
I'm using quick dry oil based size and imitation gold leaf .8, and double gold leaf .16 24k.
Below is the fading effect I'm trying to get.
And these are my results: As you can see I'm not getting the very fine speckles.
I thought it would be as easy as sponging on the oil based size Im using or lightly dry brushing it, but the gold leaf always comes out in chunks instead of the pattern ive brushed on. Do i need to thin out the adhesive with mineral spirits? Do I need to use a different foil?
I'm using quick dry oil based size and imitation gold leaf .8, and double gold leaf .16 24k.
Below is the fading effect I'm trying to get.
And these are my results: As you can see I'm not getting the very fine speckles.