Kölner Instacoll is a water-based, two part gilding system designed for interior and exterior leaf work where weather resistance and high gloss are important.

It can be used on nearly all substrates that have been prepared using standard accepted techniques to create weather-resistant surfaces. Do not use Instacoll directly on glass outdoors.
For indoor gilding it is sufficient to have or to prepare a non-porous surface. Agate burnishing is not possible nor even necessary.

It is recommended that you use soft or medium pressed transfer gold leaf (patent gold leaf) with this product.

Instacoll Base (available in Clear and Yellow formulations) can be applied directly onto a non-porous surface without the necessity of preparing the surface with clay or bole. However, the surface should be very smooth, as irregularities in the surface will show through to the gilding.

Prior to gilding Instacoll Base needs to be a completely dry film. This film must be activated with Instacoll Activator prior to leaf application. After activating, the Instacoll surface is now prepared so that gold leaf will adhere well with a maximum burnish effect.

Instacoll Clear Base is part 1 of the Instacoll System, you will require Part 2 which is Instacoll Activator to achieve successful results.

Silver leaf, and Composition products also work well with the Instacoll System.

Using with Loose Gold Leaf (Surface Gold)

Loose gold leaf may applied if the gold is laid on the wet Instacoll Activator. Therefore the size should be brushed thinly but repeatedly. Similar to traditional water gilding, the leaf is immediately laid on the wet surface. After the surface has dried sufficiently, the leaf should be pressed again onto the surface with cotton. The resulting shine is not so brilliant as with the "dry gilding" described above.

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The advertised price of this product includes 10% GST
International orders do not attract GST charges.