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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;blooey, post: 953963, member: 12007&quot;]I too am a restorer and have done a fair bit of gilding, regency mirrors, bulls-eye mirrors, furniture etc. Projects missing even the entire gesso and bole undercoats - so I&#039;m familiar with working with antiques from bare wood on up to the final burnishing. I am (was) a water gilt specialist although I have done <i>some </i>oil gilding.</p><p><br /></p><p>IMHO this statue is probably dutch metal and requires no special alcohol to get the silver coat off. It isn&#039;t like it&#039;s particularly valuable or anything - the OP just wants it to look presentable and mainly &quot;gold-ish&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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