Text Appearing Before Image: trip rolls, whichyou unravel and press down the gold-leaf as you go along,and then wipe over with loose cotton. For the letters youwill buy gold-leaf in books. Take the complete book, openthe first page, holding the back of the book toward yourself,with both hands. Press the gold over the sizing which youwish to cover, and it will leave the paper. Take the next leafand continue till you have an entire letter covered, when youmust wipe over the leaf gently at first and then more firmly.If you see small spots uncovered you simply gather the looseleaf by wiping it together with the cotton, and going over theopen spots. For narrow parts of letters you must cut aquantity of pages or books into strips somewhat wider thanneeded. Of course, gold-leaf signs are expensive and trouble-some, and unless you have a separate room away from thestore, I would advise you never to use gold-leaf, as the par-ticles blow all over the store and into your stock, and It laalmost impossible to get rid of them. Text Appearing After Image:
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