Return-Path: <@CS.CMU.EDU:James.Price.Salsman@CAT.CMU.EDU> Received: from cs.cmu.edu by K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa19496; 29 Jun 89 14:48:33 EDT Received: from CAT.CMU.EDU by CS.CMU.EDU; 29 Jun 89 14:46:24 EDT Received: from CAT.CMU.EDU by CAT.CMU.EDU; 29 Jun 89 14:45:25 EDT To: bovik@cs Cc: cellio@catnip.psy.cmu.edu, sdec@SEI.CMU.EDU Subject: Gold Leaf Date: Thu, 29 Jun 89 14:45:20 EDT Message-ID: <10465.615149120@CAT.CMU.EDU> From: James Salsman Dear Professor Bovik, Monica, and Susan, I have been searching for Gold Leaf in sheet (not paint) form for a few days and I just found a store that stocks it all the time: the "Art & Craft Supply Center, Inc." at South 20th & Wharton, accross the Birmingham bridge. (431-3380) They carry 10x10cm sheets of gold leaf, as well as kits with application tools, adhesive fluid, and some sort of special shellac-like fixing agent. This product is used for finishing, embossing, and plating, as well as a cool alpha-particle deflection demonstration of the Bohr nucleus! Strangly enough, the radioactive alpha source and phosphoresent paint needed for the demo are easier to find -- you can get the source out of a smoke detector, and the CMU art store sells the paint. :James Salsman PS. Susan: The LeeWards in Monroeville only carries it when they're doing the horses.