Gold leaf is manufactured from an alloy of gold, silver and copper. At the start of the manufacturing process, the metals are melted at 1250 °C, cast into a bar and rolled out into a thin ribbon.

In the first beating process, called the "shodder", the ready laminated ribbon is cut into squares measuring 40 x 40 mm, these are interleaved and beaten out to 160 x 160 mm with hammers.

In the second beating process, called the "mould", the finished beaten shodder gold is again cut into squares, interleaved and subsequently beaten out to the final thickness of 0,000125 mm.

The finished gold leaf is removed from the mould by hand, checked carefully for possible flaws, cut into a standard square or rectangle and inserted into paper booklets.

Before reusing the mould there is a blowing process to extract remaining gold leaf. Afterwards a special gypsum is manufactured to clean an prepare every single leaf for the following filling and beating process.