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No. Gold foil is not real gold unless the product is specifically sold as genuine karat gold leaf.
No. Gold foil should not be treated as real gold unless the product is specifically sold as genuine karat gold leaf.
Gold foil may be silver, imitation metal leaf, foil, craft material, or another decorative product. Check the product description for genuine gold content and karat before treating it as real gold.
Gold leaf and silver leaf are traditional gilding materials; foil is not automatically real gold, real silver, edible, or suitable for the same adhesive system.
Foils • Glossary • Gold Gourmet • Gold leaf • Metal leaf
Foil is not automatically gold leaf, silver leaf, real precious metal, or edible. The correct product depends on whether the use is decorative foil, edible foil, craft foil, or genuine leaf.
SeppLeaf foils are thicker, heavier materials for applications such as hot glass, bead making, and specialty decorative use. Thin traditional gilded surfaces usually use genuine gold or silver leaf.
Food decoration requires edible Gold Gourmet products. Lower-cost decorative gold effects usually use metal leaf.
 SeppLeaf Products provides an unparalleled array of genuine gold leaf, silver leaf, palladium leaf, and metal leaf; gilding tools and supplies.
SeppLeaf Products distributes Liberon premium finishes, Kolcaustico Venetian plaster, Mixol Universal Tints, and Gold Gourmet edible genuine gold and silver. SeppLeaf Products is a corporate member of the Society of Gilders.
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