BARNABAS BLATTGOLD Genuine Gold Leaf Sheets 24k - - 3.1 inches - 25 Sheets Booklet - Transfer Patent Leaf

Following an initial mix-up when Amazon sent me the wrong product, I reached out to Barnabas Blattgold directly. They could not have been more helpful and dispatched a replacement order to me directly. The product (genuine gold leaf) is exactly as advertised and excellent quality. I will certainly source my future requirements from Barnabas Blattgold.

My Husband used the gold leaf on his maple leaf/ feather carving. He was impressed how easily it covered part of his project.

Very satisfied with the quality of this gold leaf. Used it on a project recently and it looks great.

Great price for a great product. This stuff is the real deal. This year alone I've applied about 30 packs of this gold leaf, in the Missouri Governor's Mansion and a catholic church in Kansas City. The 23.5 karat was a little cheaper and worked great for the church, but didn't match what was at the governor's mansion, so I had to go with the full 24K and that worked perfectly, matching the historic existing gold leaf very well. I used the loose leaf at the church, but it's like gossamer, so any breath will send it waving and when you try to control it you end up crumpling and tearing it, so unless you need it loose, the transfer paper is better because it's stuck to the paper until you push it against the sizing on your wall/ceiling. The transfer is also better if you're doing a fine design, because only the design will tear away and you can reuse other parts of the leaf on the same paper, whereas the loose stuff can tear when you pull it away and therefore be hard to reapply elsewhere. User's tip: In the middle picture, I painted my base designs with latex paint before applying my oil-based sizing and ultimately the gold leaf. This would normally be fine except that it all happened in a two day time period, so the latex paint hadn't fully cured (even though it felt dry) and consequently the gold leaf stuck everywhere I pushed on it, not just on the sized spots. To fix this i used a fine point eraser-pen to "erase" the excess leaf and then go over it again with a bit of the latex base color.

This is black onyx I carved a 1 into and then applied the gold leaf to. Very easy to do if you understand how fragile gold leaf is. I used a fine brush to lift the gold leaf from the backing, if you tried to pick it up with your finger it would attach to your skin. I used a glue to attach the gold to the onyx. The glue and clar coat can be bought on Amazon. It took 1 day to get the order.