One of the most long-lasting and beautiful ways to preserve flowers is to embed them in resin. But resin can actually damage the flowers and spoil your beautiful blooms. It can: Fade the petal colour... Create "wet" spots on petals... Turn the petals completely translucent... or even... Scorch the flowers so they look overcooked! So, how do you prevent those things from happening? The solution is to seal the flowers BEFORE embedding them in resin. Sealing flowers creates a barrier between the flower and the resin that stops the resin from penetrating the cells. Sometimes, the resin doesn't penetrate the flower surface, but there's no way to tell if your flowers will be affected by the resin until AFTER you embed them, so the safest thing is to seal them first. Here are 3 different methods you can use to create a barrier between the petal and the resin. You can skip to each one by clicking the link: 1. Paint them with white craft glue that dries clear ...
