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They are great for small projects or to sample a variety of our products. The archives and rare books library at the university of cincinnati believes the standards used today are more or less the same as the standards literary historian and bibliophile johann vogt recorded over 250 years ago. All through history in the world of decorative arts, gold leaf has played a very. The gluey stuff dries very rapidly way less than the hour they mention in instructions and there is a ton of metal leaf to use on your projects.
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