Gold varnish

Ursula bust gilded with gold varnish in the Basilica of St. Ursula in Cologne

Gold varnish or gold lacquer is a varnish that is used as a coating for objects made of wood , such as strips and mirror frames, and for metal objects.

A shellac solution in ethanol is used as the solvent , which is given a reddish or yellow color by adding rubber gum , dragon's blood , acaroid resin , sandalwood extract .

All solutions, if not completely clear, are filtered and then mixed.

literature

• Kurt Schönburg: Historical coating techniques . 3rd edition, Beuth Verlag, Berlin 2011, p. 338, ISBN 978-3-410-20468-8
• Pierre Franc̨ois Tingry: New manual for painters, which contains instructions for the preparation of all types of varnishes . Volume 1, Christian Gotthold Eschenbach (Ed.), Hinrichs, Leipzig 1804, pp. 130 ff

See also

• Gold ground