Their are various types of leaf in this article we go through the different types of leaf that we carry here at Midas Gold Leaf 

Gold, Silver, Copper, Aluminum, Imitation Gold, and Variegated Leaf.

Gold Leaf is gold that has been hammered into thin sheets without being broken, either by hand or now more common pneumatic hammer. Metal leaf in the early days was thoroughly beaten until it was paper thin.  This process was called gold beating. In the early days This was very expensive to produce, and the cost of the process meant it was only...