10392 Whiting 2.5kg

Very high quality grade of whiting, used mainly by gilders

Also for use by artists to add texture and bulk to paint.

Gesso is a traditional base coat for gilded frames. Once hard and smoothed, coat with bole or gesso-bole.

Gesso - make your own with this recipe:

Fill a 200g coffee jar with cold water. Add 7 heaped teaspoons of rabbit skin glue granules, and leave to soak for at least 4 hours.

Heat in a double glue pot, but never allow to boil. Strain.

Add 6-7 heaped tablespoons of whiting - stir gently to avoid bubbles then strain.

Should keep for up to two weeks in fridge. Apply with round gesso brush - as any metal on the brush may corrode & taint the gesso.

See also

Real and Metal Leaf

Gilding Sizes and Accessories