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Silver foil is silver leaf or silver-colored material used for decorative gilding, specialty foil work, or edible use depending on the exact product.
Silver foil can mean genuine silver foil, decorative foil, craft foil, edible silver, or a silver-colored material, so the use must be clarified.
For decorative gilding, many people actually need silver leaf rather than foil. For food, they need edible silver. For hot glass, bead making, or heavier specialty work, a thicker foil may be correct.
Do not assume silver foil is food-safe or genuine silver. Check the product category, material, thickness, and intended use before applying it to sweets, glass, paper, craft work, or a decorative surface.
Foils • Glossary • Products • Silver leaf
Silver leaf is decorative metal leaf. Silver foil may mean decorative foil, edible silver, craft foil, or silver-colored material.
Decorative silver choices include genuine silver leaf packs, silver ribbon leaf, oxidized silver, colored silver, decorative foils, and palladium alternatives. Silver can tarnish, so sealer, handling, environment, and after-care matter.
Do not use decorative silver leaf on sweets unless it is sold for edible use.
 SeppLeaf Products provides an unparalleled array of genuine gold leaf, silver leaf, palladium leaf, and metal leaf; gilding tools and supplies.
SeppLeaf Products distributes Liberon premium finishes, Kolcaustico Venetian plaster, Mixol Universal Tints, and Gold Gourmet edible genuine gold and silver. SeppLeaf Products is a corporate member of the Society of Gilders.
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