Re: Golden Leaf Top Terminal?

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Original poster: BunnyKiller <bunikllr@xxxxxxx>

I would worry more about the adhesive that is used to attach the gold leaf 
to the toroid...   it is basically a white glue in most cases  yea
the streamers may burn thru the gold leaf but the hole will be of minimal 
size....    BUT   even tho I have tried to use gold leaf on other projects, 
it always seems to come out in the "antique" look...
not the polished "solid brass" look we want...  but than again a gold 
toroid would look KEWL   even if it was "antiqued".....


Scot D




Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi,
>
> My eye was caught with a little gold leaf toy at the store the other day:
>
> http://www.goldvials.com/goldvials/goldvials.htm
>
> Just a little jar filled with mineral oil and a bunch of gold leaf.
> Really pretty!!  Genuine Colorado gold too ;-))
>
> So that got me thinking about the old thread about coating the top 
> terminal with gold leaf...  We wondered if it would just burn off like the 
> aluminum in a CD.  Or, maybe just the thin coating ( 2 millionths of an 
> inch thick!!) over metal would be protected and would last just 
> fine...  Gold is very resilient to electrical burning off...
>
> I was just wondering if anyone every actually "did it"?  and how it worked 
> out?
>
> 3.375 x 3.375 sheets of gold leaf can be bought in QTY 25 for about $40.
>
> http://www.zinnober.biz/
>
> You paying for the pounding since that $40 gets you enough gold to make a 
> square of gold only 0.001 inch on a side!!!  But just a tiny fraction of 
> that "looks" like a lot ;-)))  Somebody can figure out how much 1 
> billionth of a square inch of gold is worth ;-))
>
> But if gold leaf would stand up to arcing, it would be a cool thing to 
> cover a top terminal with!!
>
> Cheers,
>
>     Terry