Gilding Gets Grave #history #science #facts #english #antique #vintage #gold #jewellery #chemistry

Trying to gild the lily is a bad idea (unless you want to vaporize it). By the way, "grave gilding" uses "grave" as an adjective. "Grave-gilding" (with a hyphen) would mean something like "adhering gold to a headstone"... although it might be a euphemism. A very special thanks goes to  @NileRed  for the footage of gold amalgamating with mercury!