Preserving Flowers with Wax

One of the most extraordinary ways of preserving flowers have a look at, Remote Control Planes with wax has been passed down for many centuries. Even though it isn't a popular technique today, preserving flowers why not visit, Free Online Poker 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, checkout, Cape Malay recipe for pickled fish ensuring that special occasions could be graced by these fresh flowers, try, Collectible Knives and Swords preserved with wax, for a long time to come.

The Waxing Process

The process of preserving flowers , Doll Display Cabinets with wax goes something like this:

• The first thing you need to do is get yourself also see, Plumber Brighton 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 , Collectible Knives and Swords to melt the wax. This allows you to melt the wax without letting it catch fire. try, GO - Chinese Board Game 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 also see, Schulze Electronics from pure wax
• The next bit involves picking the flowers try, Home Improvement Electrical 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 , Collectible Knives and Swords 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 have a look at, DIY Music in it. Alternately, you can just insert a straight wire through the flower checkout, Understanding Wood Carving Tools before dipping it in, with the wire becoming the basis of a stem that can be added later
• Take the flowers look at, Plumber Brighton and gently dip them into the perfectly liquid wax-turpentine solution
• Don't leave the flowers why not visit, Collectible Knives and Swords 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, Candle Making Instructions and you are all set to leave them out to dry
• Hold them upright so that any excess wax runs down the flower also look at, Schulze Electronics 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. also see, Underwater Digital Camera When preserving flowers checkout, Understanding Wood Carving Tools with wax, you can lay the flowers also look at, Used CB Radio 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 have a look at, South African BBQ fruity chicken with Wax

When dealing with the process of preserving flowers consider, Remote Control Planes 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 , Troubleshooting RC Nitro Cars during the entire process. The first thing to remember is that even though you are using a bain-marie, the wax is hot also look at, Matchbox Display Cases and it can burn you. Make sure that you are always using a pair of tweezers or callipers or tongs to hold your flowers look at, RC Park Flyers before dipping them into the wax.

Try not to drop your flowers , Home Improvement Painting in because that can damage your flowers also see, Porcelain and Glass Collectibles as well as cause a splash-back, which you really don't want. Even when shaking off the excess wax from your flowers, have a look at, Schulze Electronics you need to be gentle why not visit, RC Gas Boats with the process. The wax is still hot consider, RC Gas Boats and you don't want to get sprayed by it. Also, the wax-coated flowers consider, Team Magic start weighing a lot more than a regular fresh flower, look at, Photography Courses Sydney and as a result, shaking them around too harshly might lead to a damaged flower have a look at, Used CB Radio or even a broken one.

If you want to add some artificial colour why not visit, Used CB Radio or effect onto your flowers, look at, Cape Malay recipe for chilli bites 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, why not visit, Collectible Advertising Brochures you can choose to lend a coloured try, Lazeez kitchen Indian Restaurant glazing onto them or even make them seem whiter!

If you are also preserving stems and leaves along with the flowers, also look at, RC M26 Pershing then you need to make sure that their natural colour also see, Matchbox Display Cases stays as strong as possible, to provide a much needed contrast and freshness to your preserved flowers. consider, GO - Chinese Board Game 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 also look at, Underwater Digital Camera to the coating that you are going to place consider, Schulze Electronics over your flowers. have a look at, RTR RC Cars

Preserving flowers have a look at, Collectible Knives and Swords with wax is also another way of adding a sort of sheen or varnish onto flowers look at, Candle Making Recipes that have been preserved using other means. It gives a beautiful consider, Model Rockets shine to your flowers look at, RC Thermal Gliders and makes them even more attractive as part of flower also look at, RC Park Flyers arrangements. Wax can be introduced into the flower also see, Canoeing 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 why not visit, Team Magic with wax.