You’d be surprised at the creative art you can make from a wide variety of tropical houseplants.
#SILICA GEL FOR DRYING FLOWERS PRO#
A food dehydrator is the best equipment any pro flower dryer can have. If you’re going to do a lot of flower drying, you’ll do better by tooling up. Use a paintbrush or a makeup brush to gently dust off the particles.Īnd, as mentioned earlier, always wear a mask so you don’t inhale it. Some of the silica will get trapped between the petals. They’ll be brittle when dried, so lift them out carefully. Using this method, the flowers will retain their vibrant colors. Seal the jar and leave it for up to a week. Then gently pour in more of the silica gel until the entire flowers are covered. Lower the stem into the silica gel until the flower petals are resting on top of it. Snip off the flower head, leaving an inch or two of the stem intact. To use this method, put a couple of inches of silica gel in a jar or container that can seal the air shut. That’s why you can’t use this method if you intend on consuming it or applying it to the skin. Thus, you should handle the silica with gloves and wear a suitable mask as it is considered a health hazard. In short, this silica gel drying method is best if you’re using the dried hibiscus for arts and crafts only.īut, safety first as always in every project that you do. This method renders your flowers inedible, so do not use this if you intend on brewing an herbal tea or using dried hibiscus in cosmetics products. Using silica gel is a quick yet messy way of drying hibiscus flowers. If you open the book sooner, humidity escapes and it’ll take even longer for the flower to dry. This method is the longest, taking 30 days at least to completely dry out a hibiscus flower.
Once you’re able to see the flowers go ahead and pick it upīe careful as the flowers are very delicate and you can easily lose a petal now just turn it over give it a quick shake and put it to the side safely and continue to do this with the other flowers.įor the finishing touches find yourselves a brush with a very soft tip to clean up the tiny bits of silica gel leftover on the flower that are stuck to it and after you’ve cleaned up your flowers there ready to be used.The simplest way to apply pressure is to tie the book shut. It’s been 2 weeks now and our roses are ready to be taken out of the silica gel. So slowly pour out some of the silica gel till you are able to see the flowers. (Depending on the type of flowers that have been chosen for the drying process and how many petals contained, it can take up to 2-8 weeks or longer) Once you have enough around your flowers proceed to cover the top of the flowers till you can’t see the flowers anymore like that. Now take your silica gel and pour around the flowers and not on top because you don't want to flatten them and ruin the shape of your flowers, so go around them slowly and build around the flowers. Then make sure to have your flowers stem cut short and place it upright into the silica gel make sure it stands up right like that. Small plastic container (to remove the silica gel)įirst what you’ll want to do is put a layer of silica gel in at the bottom of the container.
Please click on the link below to purchase your non-indicating silica gel online:ġkg 0.03mm non-indicating silica gel desiccantĪ small brush (to remove excess silica gel from the flower)
Selecting the right silica gel desiccant for the preservation of your flowers would be a smaller granular size less than 1mm for an optimum drying process.
#SILICA GEL FOR DRYING FLOWERS HOW TO#
This video will show you how to preserve your flowers for a memorial occasion such as a wedding, valentine’s day, birthday or anniversary using silica gel desiccant to adsorb the moisture out of the flowers in order to preserve the full shape of your flowers and maintain the three-dimensional effect.
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