Burnishing Clay

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Burnishing Clay

Poliment is a specially prepared clay (bolus), which serves as a base for the gold leaf at water gilding.
Gesso and several layers of burnishing clay (poliment) generates the substrate composition, which makes it possible to polish/burnish the gold to a high gloss. The technique of water gilding can only be applied to absorbent substrates.

Kölner Classic Poliment Wet

It is an unbound poliment (unprepared) and has to be prepared with gelatine or rabbit skin glue before it can be applied. This poliment is already processed with water to a paste. It is available in 400 g and 1 kg containers:

Black, White, Oxyd Red, Armenian Red, Yellow, Ochre, Blue

Poliment German Wet

Selhamin Poliment is a specially prepared and refined clay for the priming of the gilding. Selhamin Poliment is available in paste-like form in 1 kg containers and following colours:

Yellow, White, Blue Light, Black, Grey, Oxyd Red, Green, Rose

Poliment German Dry

Selhamin Poliment is a specially prepared and refined clay for the priming of the gilding. Selhamin Poliment is available in solid dry in for of cones in 1 kg containers and following colours:

Yellow, White, Blue Light, Black, Grey, Oxyd Red, Green, Rose

Poliment lefranc Wet

Poliment Lefranc is a specially prepared and refined clay for the priming of the gilding. Lefranc Poliment is supplied as a paste in 1 kg containers and following colours:

Red, Yellow, Black

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