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Originally Posted by Dave A
Years ago I refinished a pot metal foot on a radio leg that needed a gold leaf finish. It was a two step. First was an Elmer's type glue painted on and then the leaf was on a thin mylar plastic held over the surface and then a paint brush on the mylar side pushed the leaf to the glue on the surface. It was a kit I bought a hardware store. The idea is to coat the letters with a water based glue (ink roller?) and then a transfer of some sort Just an idea that popped in to my masked head.
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I've got some old IIRC Irish brand reel tapes that came with a gold leaf sheet that you would place over the label and write on to create gold writing .... perhaps something like that could be rubbed on and protected with lacquer.
Paint pen might be another option.