PS..."Burnishing" means to rub the gold leaf fairly firmly onto the bead, thus keeping it from wanting to fly-away or disappear as soon as the heat hits it. To do this, heat your base color well (on this example, I used Moretti White) - get it nice and glowing but not drippy. Then roll it across your gold leaf all the way around - it should stick well if the bead is hot enough. Before encasing, take your graphite marver or other flatish tool and rub, rub, rub that gold nicely onto the surface of the bead.
Now move right to encasing and once the clear is wrapped all the way around, bring it back into the flame and start to smooth out the clear.
Sorry if you already knew this - but others who may be trying to accomplish the same thing may not be familiar with the term.
Good luck! Show us how you do - OK?
De
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