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Use gold foil with the system made for that process. Craft foil, hot foil, decorative foil, and genuine leaf are different products.
Gold foil printing usually refers to a printing or transfer process, not traditional gold leaf gilding.
Foil printing commonly uses heat, pressure, toner-reactive foil, adhesive, or a machine process to transfer a metallic layer to paper or packaging. That is different from applying loose or patent gold leaf with gilding size.
If the goal is printed stationery, packaging, or Cricut-style craft work, use foil products designed for that process. If the goal is a true gilded surface, use gold leaf and the appropriate size system.
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Foil is not automatically gold leaf, silver leaf, real precious metal, or edible. The correct product depends on whether the use is decorative foil, edible foil, craft foil, or genuine leaf.
SeppLeaf foils are thicker, heavier materials for applications such as hot glass, bead making, and specialty decorative use. Thin traditional gilded surfaces usually use genuine gold or silver leaf.
Food decoration requires edible Gold Gourmet products. Lower-cost decorative gold effects usually use metal leaf.