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About this Tip:
Does your Gilders Paste look dry and cracked? Try this simple solution to get it spreading like new.
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Step-by-Step Instructions:
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Step 1: It is not uncommon for your Gilders Paste to become dried out and cracked. This does not mean that the Gilders Paste is unusable, it just needs a little love. |
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Step 2: This is what it looks like if you use it when it is too dry. The coverage will be thin and inconsistent and It'll probably crumble as you try to work with it. |
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Step 3: You can either rejuvenate all of your Gilders paste or a small amount. I am showing you a small amount using the lid. |
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Step 4: Add a drop or two of mineral spirits to the lid. |
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Step 5: Begin knifing the Gilders Paste and mineral spirits together with the art palette knife or a popsicle stick. You can add more mineral spirits if needed or more Gilders Paste until you get a nice creamy consistency. |
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Step 6: Spreading the rejuvenated Gilders Paste onto the opposite wings, I am really able see and feel a difference. |
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Step 7: Once the dragonfly has been buffed, it is easy to see that it is worth the extra minute to rejuvenate your Gilders Paste. |
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On Jun 23, 2011 at 9:17 pm #
trinkets says:Is there any other common household product you could use to soften the gilders paste?
Baby oil…something like that?
On Jun 24, 2011 at 9:14 am #
Beadlady3 aka Cindy says:Don’t use oil. I found this on another website – “Do not use any oil base cleaners/solvents such as Turpenoid Natural. The oil content of these type of cleaners/solvents will not allow the Gilders Paste to dry and will remain wet or tacky for days to weeks. If you have accidentally used this type cleaner/solvent leave the tin open until completely dried out and then follow the suggestion for rejuvenation above.”
On Oct 02, 2011 at 10:03 am #
S Wagner says:Cindy excellent advice! Thank you
On Jun 07, 2012 at 9:00 pm #
D Weintraub says:Wish I had read this before I bought Turpenoid natural as suggested on another website. It was quite expensive. Since I haven’t opened it I may be able to return it for a refund. Thanks for the tip.
I can say what not to use. Mink oil is not a good idea. It made the Gilder’s Paste a nice consistency but it won’t set. I have a piece that has been sitting for about a month and is still wet. I saw on yet another website that clear nailpolish works. I may give that a try. Just take a little of the Gilder’s paste and put it in a separate location. Don’t use the tin, just in case it doesn’t work well. No commitments that way!
On Jul 01, 2012 at 5:45 pm #
V Smyder says:Thanks so much for the advice! Glad I came here to look before I went and ruined my dried gold paste. Will look for a small bottle of mineral spirits to fix it right up so I can keep using it and my other Gilder’s pastes.