Talk:Ormolu

what is palais royale ormolu?


 * Gilt bronze objects sold in the Palais Royal, Paris? --Wetman 19:56, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Does it imply a specific technique?


 * I'm unfamiliar with this term, "palais royale ormolu" but the traditional technique in all French gilding of brass/bronze during the C18 and C19 was that of mercury gilding, now banned. --Wetman 20:10, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

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Still banned?
if mercury gilding is so great, has anyone brought it back?

it was banned for its obvious hazards, but that was when gilding was up close and personal. now with machinery and robots and everything else, can't it be done in a safe manner? i mean, we manipulate radioactive stuff now; mercury should be a piece of cake. 209.172.23.89 (talk) 03:53, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Added (from gilding) "This process has generally been supplanted by the electroplating of gold over a nickel substrate, which is more economical and less dangerous." Johnbod (talk) 14:00, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
 * yes, that's right in the article as well, but 3 lines later it says "but nothing surpasses the original mercury-firing method for durability, sheer beauty and richness of colour."


 * sounds like something they'd want to bring back, if it can now be done safely. 209.172.23.100 (talk) 02:14, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

Copper/zinc/tin alloy
According to various dictionaries (Chambers, Dictionary.com , thefreedictionary.com ) ormolu is defined primarily as an alloy of copper, zinc and sometimes tin, which may be used to imitate gold. Such an alloy is described in this article as an alternative to ormolu. It seems to me that the article ought to at least acknowledge that the term ormolu is not exclusively applied to the mercury amalgam process it primarily concerns itself with, even if said process is the original meaning and the main subject of the article. 147.147.208.234 (talk) 17:13, 15 August 2019 (UTC)