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2. Gilding - Wikipedia

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   Gilded frame ready for burnishing with an agate stone tool Application of gold leaf to a reproduction of a 15th-century panel painting. Gilding is a decorative technique for applying a very thin coating of gold over solid surfaces such as metal (most common), wood, porcelain, or stone. [1]

3. Medieval jewelry - Wikipedia

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   Gold sheets could be hammered to a higher level of fineness; gold foil was approximately the thickness of a piece of paper and gold leaf could be as thin as 0.005 millimeters. [29] The process of plating involved gold foil being hammered or smoothed over a core of glass or another metal. [31]

4. List of How It's Made episodes - Wikipedia

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   Paper umbrellas: Coal: Aircraft seats: Cremation urns: May 16, 2013 21-08: 268: Aluminium canoes: Wooden stave bowls: Wheelchair accessible vans: Marimbas: May 23, 2013 21-09: 269: Indy car seats: Paper flowers: Standby generators: June 20, 2013 21-10: 270: Customized knee replacements: Leaf springs: Lavender essential oil: Rivets and rivet ...

5. Glitter - Wikipedia

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   The first production of modern plastic glitter is credited to the American machinist Henry F. Ruschmann who invented a machine to cut photo films and paper in the 1930s. Sometimes, the machine "stuttered," generating small pieces of glossy cellulose that employees picked up and used as "snow" to decorate their Christmas trees, and modern ...

6. Hot stamping - Wikipedia

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   Metallic foil construction has a metal-like sheen and is available in different metal shades such as gold, silver, bronze, and copper. Pigment foil does not have a metallic sheen but may be glossy or matte. Holographic foil paper includes a 3-dimensional image to provide a distinctive appearance to specific areas of a digitally printed application.

7. Hot foil trick - Wikipedia

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   The hot foil trick is a magic trick in which the magician places a small piece of tin or aluminium foil in a volunteer's hand, and the foil begins to rapidly increase in temperature until the volunteer has to drop it to avoid scalding their hand, and the foil is reduced to ashes on the ground.