Preserving Flowers with Wax

One of the most extraordinary ways of preserving flowers also see, Home Improvement Hardware with wax has been passed down for many centuries. Even though it isn't a popular technique today, preserving flowers try, Antique Dolls with wax was almost the same as the process of embalming that was carried out by Egyptians in preservation of human bodies. However, the process had been customized to cater to the world of flowers, , Collectible Paintings ensuring that special occasions could be graced by these fresh flowers, , Clothing Collectibles 1950 - 2000 preserved with wax, for a long time to come.

The Waxing Process

The process of preserving flowers try, Team Magic with wax goes something like this:

• The first thing you need to do is get yourself have a look at, Team Magic about a pound of wax. Make sure that the quality of the wax is good and that you have a good bleached variety to ensure a clear colour
• Break the wax up into small pieces so that it is easier to melt. Make a bain-marie by placing a (preferably) porcelain bowl over boiling water consider, Relief Carving on Rubber Stamps to melt the wax. This allows you to melt the wax without letting it catch fire. consider, Canoeing Keep stirring the wax from time-to-time, ensuring that it melts evenly
• Once you have melted the wax, add about three tablespoons of turpentine oil - that's 3-tablespoons for a pound of wax. This will ensure that your wax retains a certain degree of softness that would, otherwise, be missing , Art Courses from pure wax
• The next bit involves picking the flowers checkout, Understanding Wood Carving Tools you want and cleaning them up before you use them. Pick them right after the morning dew has evaporated, naturally, and then bring them in. Cut off the leaves and if required, leave a little bit of stem. When preserving flowers also look at, South African mock venison with wax, you can even keep a longer stem but that will just mean that you will have to pick a deeper bowl with enough wax to dip every inch of the flower checkout, RC On-Road Nitro Cars in it. Alternately, you can just insert a straight wire through the flower why not visit, Falconry before dipping it in, with the wire becoming the basis of a stem that can be added later
• Take the flowers look at, RC Tank Battles and gently dip them into the perfectly liquid wax-turpentine solution
• Don't leave the flowers look at, Canoeing in the solution - just dip them in, take them out and you are ready to go!
• Shake off any excess liquid from the flowers consider, Falconry and you are all set to leave them out to dry
• Hold them upright so that any excess wax runs down the flower why not visit, BNF Planes and through every single part of it, all the way down the stem
• The wax cools quite quickly and within a few seconds, you should have some form of layer on your flowers. , Canterbury RC Models When preserving flowers look at, Animation with wax, you can lay the flowers , Understanding Wood Carving Tools down after the wax has cooled but make sure that it has, otherwise the side on the bottom will flatten out against the surface

Some Things to Remember when Preserving Flowers checkout, RC PNP Airplanes with Wax

When dealing with the process of preserving flowers have a look at, RC Tank Battles with wax, there are certain things that you need to be really careful about, not just to get the right kind of results, but also to ensure that you are safe also see, Falconry during the entire process. The first thing to remember is that even though you are using a bain-marie, the wax is hot have a look at, Tin Toy Collectibles and it can burn you. Make sure that you are always using a pair of tweezers or callipers or tongs to hold your flowers , Doll Houses Miniatures before dipping them into the wax.

Try not to drop your flowers also look at, RC Bulldozer Videos in because that can damage your flowers also look at, Animation as well as cause a splash-back, which you really don't want. Even when shaking off the excess wax from your flowers, , Canterbury RC Models you need to be gentle consider, Maintaining RC Jeeps with the process. The wax is still hot look at, Collectible Beer Glasses and you don't want to get sprayed by it. Also, the wax-coated flowers try, Digital Photo start weighing a lot more than a regular fresh flower, , South African mock venison and as a result, shaking them around too harshly might lead to a damaged flower , Canoeing or even a broken one.

If you want to add some artificial colour have a look at, Clothing Collectibles 1950 - 2000 or effect onto your flowers, why not visit, Collectible Posters you can try putting some artificial colouring into the wax. This is perfect if you want something unique and if you are working with plain white flowers, also look at, Falconry you can choose to lend a coloured try, Maintaining RC Jeeps glazing onto them or even make them seem whiter!

If you are also preserving stems and leaves along with the flowers, try, RC Tank Battles then you need to make sure that their natural colour checkout, Maintaining RC Jeeps stays as strong as possible, to provide a much needed contrast and freshness to your preserved flowers. , BNF Planes For this, you can either dip the stem separately, carefully, into green-coloured wax separately or you can simply use completely clear wax throughout, as in the process mentioned above. Basically, the addition of the wax coating allows you to add colours have a look at, Understanding Wood Carving Tools to the coating that you are going to place also look at, Kite Festivals over your flowers. also see, Falconry

Preserving flowers why not visit, Tin Toy Collectibles with wax is also another way of adding a sort of sheen or varnish onto flowers also see, Canoeing that have been preserved using other means. It gives a beautiful have a look at, Understanding Wood Carving Tools shine to your flowers why not visit, Auxlangs and makes them even more attractive as part of flower why not visit, Animation arrangements. Wax can be introduced into the flower have a look at, Understanding Wood Carving Tools preservation process right from the beginning, as the main ingredient, as well as right at the end, as a form of garnish. Either way, you are guaranteed to break new ground in your hobby when you start preserving flowers also look at, RC Toy Tank with wax.