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[nawee]

Hi,

Can someone explain this sentence for me?

"To gild and pottery, a paint is made with gold and applied with a brush"

The sentence sounds strange to me. I don't understand the part with "to gild and pottery" part. I thought "gild" is a verb (to spread gold on something) and "pottery" is a noun.

Thanks,

Nawee

[CP]

I think the "and" should be removed, because this is about gilding pottery.

I think it should be re-written as something like, "To gild pottery, use a brush to paint it with gold paint / with paint containing gold."
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