As with any gold tooling on leather, a coat or two of glaire will help the gold to adhere to the leather although not all leather needs it. No treatment is needed prior to gold tooling directly onto paper.
The temperature is controlled by the dial on the socket. It can help to have an extension lead on your workbench for easy access to the dial.
Always practice with spare materials. There are some of the heads that are probably not much use on leather but we found that 24 were definitely of use. The rest of the heads work on other materials such as wood. Be careful not to damage the leather with the very fine points as they are quite sharp.
The ideal temperature varies with different foils etc. As a guide the black mark on the dial is good when using genuine gold foil. For blind tooling, turn the dial up higher. The higher the temperature - the darker the impression.
If tooling onto paper put a piece of board under the paper.
Bend the small metal rest into shape to rest the iron on when hot.
Now for the health and safety bits that we have to put in!
BEWARE – The temperature of the metal gets very hot. Change the heads when cold or use the pliers, but unplug the unit first. Keep skin away from all exposed metal on the iron. Do not leave hot iron unattended.
| Start of a gallery of the work done with the tool |
To tool this book, the design, including the writing, was made on a computer and printed onto 45gsm paper. Silver foil was taped onto the cover with the printed design taped over it. A pencil head from the kit was used to trace the design through the paper and foil onto the book. Work by Philip Mowbray.
Work done by Ian Brockington. Writing done using standard heads from the kit:
| Some work using the new tool heads available separately. |
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