Gold people...heres one thats not been asked ...(I think)

mozeppa · January 30, 2007 3:26AM

say you have a light scratch on a piece ...and for arguments sake, its mint state.

could the scratch be effectivly "filled" using 24 carat gold leaf.

ever heard of anyone doing this?

could it be done?

just curious, and asking...( don't beat up on me......I own zero gold)

PerryHall · January 30, 2007 3:31AM

I would think the gold leaf (usually close to 24K) would have a different color and texture so it would stand out and be easily detectable.

mozeppa · January 30, 2007 3:42AM

But isn't gold alloyed and streaky at times?

saintguru · January 30, 2007 3:58AM

what would you do...super glue it?

storm888 · January 30, 2007 4:05AM

It won't work.

GoldenNickels · January 30, 2007 4:07AM

You'd have to melt both the coin and the gold leaf for it to work.

53BKid · January 30, 2007 4:08AM

That question is certainly unique. No, I've never heard it raised before.

I'm wondering mozeppa, what has you raising the question?

mozeppa · January 30, 2007 4:16AM

<< <i>what would you do...super glue it?

>>

no s.g.

gold leaf is applied by rubbing it into the scratch.

look i just wondered if anyones tried it ...was/was not sucessful.

I was watching the t.v. (one of those education channels) ...a while back, so i'm not with great detail.

there was an asian culture that has a statue of buda or maybe a indian cultures statue ....anyway they say their prayers to it.

and to assure that their prayers would be acted upon, they buy 24 K gold leaf ..press it to the statue and rub the gold onto the statue.
(kinda like a donation to the god.)

the commentator made the statement that this had gone on so long that the gold on the statues facial features has been built up quite thick.

while some of you guys might think this was a silly question...i thought it would be good to ask here whether anyone had tried it.

as i said...i don't own gold and i just didn't know.

edited for spelling

PerryHall · January 30, 2007 4:37AM

I thought lasering was the treatment of choice for scratches on gold.

Pentimento · January 30, 2007 4:43AM

I like your question mozeppa. I don't know anything about anything really, but I have done a fair amount of gold leafing. I don't think you would really want to just try this the traditional way with a gum water (gum arabic + water) and then try to lay some gold in the scratch. That seems impossible, and you would need to buff the surface or something.

For such a small area you would be using powdered gold leaf anyway, and then you've openned a whole new question. Could colloidal gold be settled into a scratch?

ricko · January 30, 2007 4:50AM

Electroplating, in a tank - commercial variety - would be the best path to take. If one understands the process, and only on an MS coin, the results can be virtually undetectable. Cheers, RickO

mozeppa · January 30, 2007 4:52AM

but I have done a fair amount of gold leafing

HAH!.....i knew this was a good question!

Gold people...heres one thats not been asked ...(I think)

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