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Letter 32986
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++++ I am trying to poly coat live flowers for making necklace pendants. I don't know where to begin. Can you please advise me on how to create this product? Shawn B
++++ I would suggest using a 2 part castable acrylic
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Environmental Tech Castin' Craft Clear
Casting Resin 32 oz. can Dip the flowers in this and allow to dry. Should give you a crystal clear finish and will be workable. If you need to thin it down add paint thinner (I think that's what I used last time make a small batch first to be sure). Marc Banks
+++++ I am also looking to learn how to do this.. I am in need
of more detailed instructions. What products are used? Do
you use fresh flower or dried flowers? Please help us! I
have looked all over the net and I can't find
anything!!! Jeri S
++++++ I am from Hungary and I found your conversation about the poly resin casting of real flowers. I am very much interested in making it myself therefore I would be more than interested to learn about the details of the process. I am looking forward to your answers. Judit Kovacs |
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I found the site regarding polycoating real flowers. I too, like
the other posters have not been able to find instructions on how to
do this. I would love any help on this. I am trying to prepare real
flowers with polyresin for pendants. Thanks again for any help
Patti Meadows/ Jewelry hobbyist. Chattanooga, TN
Patti Meadows
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
A local store owner and I have been discussing the possibilities of coating flowers. So far, here's what we have come up with: 1-using a shellac on the flower heads and then letting it dry before applying the resin. 2-Freezing the flowers in a desired position before resin coating. I'm not sure whether this would be effective or not.
Melissa Glazier
- Quinwood, West Virginia
I have not checked this site in quite a while. Has anyone discovered how to preserve the flowers in resin? There is an example of this in the Fire Mountain Gem Catalog, or online at www.firemountaingems.com The flowers are beautiful, they are still pliable also. You can touch the petals and they move. I have not been able to find ANYTHING regarding the process. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Patti Meadows (returns)
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
I also am in love with the idea of resin coating flowers to
preserve them! I have also seen examples at www.etsy.com.
Does anyone know how to do this? "Coat them with resin" isn't enough
info - I really need to know what type/brand of resin, I've never
used resin before so I don't even know where to start. Go to my local
hardware store? Help!
Please give me instructions if you know how to do this!
Stormy Jache
- Columbus, Ohio
I have also tried to find out how to do the poly resin coated
flowers
I recently attended a craft fair and a couple of young ladies had a
beading booth that had some examples of flowers done with this type
of material. I later emailed them and tried to find out but have not
received a response from them.
Margaret Inmon
- Goose Creek, South Carolina
To do this first dry your flowers flat they need to have all of the moisture out of them drying them in a flower press or between book pages would work then after they are dry you need to get some Elmers school glue or white glue mix half glue and half water apply a coat or two to the flowers and let dry they need to be completely coated so the resin wont soak into the flowers after they are completely coated and dry (drying can take a couple of days and it will dry clear) get your mold mix up a bit of resin pour it in the mold until it is about half full then let stand until it is about jello consistency then put your flower on the semi cured resin face down (the side of the flower you want to see) and finish filling the mold with resin and let it stand until cured follow the instructions on the resin for cure time and mixing instructions
ravyn shadow
- blackfoot, Idaho
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July 1, 2008 Some of these suggestions are helpful, but they do not address the procedure I and some of the others are describing. The flower I saw were NOT pressed, they were in natural 3D shape. They were small roses and were made into a rosary. They were pliable to the touch. I have not had any success finding the details on how to do it. Such a well kept secret. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Patti Meadows Patti Meadows (returns)
July , 2008 Hi, Patti. I don't see what you are talking about at firemountainngems and I am having trouble following you. But how do you know these are real flowers rather than polymer imitations? There are rosaries on Ebay that seem to look like what you are describing, but they are not real flowers, they're just plastic --> Regards,
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Hi I have been interested on the comments on dried with resin to make pendants. I bought one of these on holiday in Connemara but mine does not appear to have been done in a mould. It is a flower and at first I thought it was laminated in heavy laminate, but I have since discovered it is covered in resin and it is in the shape of the flower, it is about 1/8 inch thick and solid but extremely light. Any ideas how it is done
Helen Anketell
crafter - Belfast. N.Ireland
I to am trying to get information on using resin flowers in jewelry
Dee Tipper
- Auckland, New Zealand
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August 10, 2008 Hey, Ted, I looked back on the posts and saw your response. I know it has been a while, but wanted to give a little more details on what I am trying to get instructions on. If you go to www.firemountaingems.com and in the search box enter the item #H20-7918JW It will give you a picture of the natural flower coated with polyresin. I still have found NOTHING on the subject. Also, does anyone know anything about electroforming flowers? I live in TN and wanted to possibly take a beginners class on this. Thanks so much for your info. Patti Meadows (returns) |
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August 13, 2008 Hi, Patti. I would bet with great confidence that this is done with great patience: a very thin highly diluted very very fine spray of resin the first time, followed by a slightly heavier, slightly less diluted, spray the second time. Repeated about 5 times with time to dry in between. There are electroplating courses and even specialty electroforming classes but, having taught them for two of the organizations serving the industry, they are industrially oriented and I doubt that a hobbyist/artist would get much from them. There might possibly be an electroforming course conducted by artists for artists, but I'm not aware of it. I'd start with this book, from your library if possible,
or bought used and cheap --> Good luck. Regards,
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Thanks for your response Ted, I will try to research it that way. Patti Meadows
Patti Meadows (returns)
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
I have just seen 3d pendant jewelry made from real flowers which
are then coated in resin. I took the artist's card and the web site
is www.hanamiusa.com The colors of the flowers were brilliant and he
told me that it take several coats of resin to create. I too would
like to know if anyone has figured out the process for preserving the
flowers.
Thanks
louise drell
- bonita springs, Florida
Hi,
I am interested in doing this flower pendant. I bought one from
Hanami in New York, those are so cute.
I really want to do something fun.....anyone to help...
smiles and great appreciation.
Lyndar
- Nashua, New Hampshire
I have just found this website and the conversation about resin flowers. I saw Ted's response about lightly spaying flowers (such as a rose) with resin and then repeating. I went to my local craft store yesterday and nobody is familiar with a sprayable resin. I also only could find a resin which has to be mixed, but there was no information about how to thin it for the first coat. Anyone have any ideas?? I've spent hours on the internet trying to find information on this and am getting absolutely nowhere! HELP!
Barbara Southwell
- Memphis, Tennessee
Hi everyone. I am still trying to find a "paint" I used years ago to coat real flowers. It was water soluble and worked so well, however the flowers were very brittle. I am going to try School Glue (Elmers) as one of your writers suggested and will let you know how it works.
Carol Brennan
- Fort Pierce, Florida
I too have seen these beautiful objects and they are indeed not pressed for drying. There are products that flowers can be dried in without pressing between drying sheets. Use one of these products and then apply the casting resin. I have never tried this, but I am going to. My daughter and I loved the look of the flowers and the ones sold at Fire Mountain Gems are just too expensive for me. I looked up the casting resin listed above and the description does list flowers, so I suppose in a few weeks I'll have a new project to try. Best of luck to us all. :^)
Lynda Ellis
- Benson, Arizona
From what I read on the internet, you need to have poly resin
casting compound. This can be found at most art stores. BUT polyresin
is used on dried flower, but there are two ways to fix this. One is
to thin the poly resin with paint thinner, the second option is to
apply shellac or polyurethane (the polyurethane might be easier to
find though)then apply the polyresin when its dry.
the one with paint thinner needs to be applied in thin layers but as
each layer goes on lessen the paint thinner. Remember to let the
flower dry each layer.
be sure to not to dump the flower into the polyresin whole, it would
cause the flower to collapse due to the heavy polyresin and it will
not look good.
*this is just based on what i read on the internet. please don't use
a flower that's very important to you and destroy it. Try using a
different flower and see how that one goes. if you don't like how it
looks at the end, try another way.*
Elizabeth Ko
- Fairfax, Virginia
Hi everyone,
I found a kit to make resin coated flower.
This is what I learned from their web page.
First, you have to dry your flower using silica gel. Just put your
flower in the tapper ware with silica gel for several days.
Then, mix your resin well (usually come with 2 separate solutions).
Pour the solution on it. Let it dry for 20 min. or more (sometimes
half day), Repeat this 5 or 6 times.
You can spry high gloss acrylic after resin coated.
Web site said do not try it on rainy days for high humidity. Some
flowers are not suited for resin coating.
Sorry, I never tried this, and can not guarantee if it would work.
Hope it will :)
Miki Yamashita
- Murfreesboro, TN
Right then guys, I know how to preserve flowers as I gold plate
roses, it isn't easy though and it takes some time.
Firstly I use a saturation fluid, you can easily make your own using
just baking soda [link is to product info at Amazon].
SOAK the flower in saturation fluid , apply resin, airbrush using
cond paint, either graphite or silver ink.
Then you will need to nickel plate it first to build up the sheen,
then you can plate it with gold or whatever you choose.(after
activation of course).
Hope this helps you.
David Gwilym
- Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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May 26, 2009 Okay so recently my grandmother passed away and I had
been wondering how to dry her funeral flowers. I looked up a
bunch of websites and I even went to a lady that dried them
and got a quote. This is the process I have gotten so
far. Simsipuja
July 22, 2009 So, this is what i have found out so far from research
and experience.... Reannan Tinsley
July 31, 2009 Hello there, Sarah Adams
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