Preserving Flowers In Resin

Step-By-Step Instructions

Step 1: Prepare your workspace. Gather all of your flora & fauna that you have preserved and lay everything out on a large workspace along with your clean silicone mold, scissors for trimming & your Art ‘N Glow Resin.

Step 2: Select your flowers and greenery. Start by picking out your bottom most pieces to begin assembling your “background,” and then a few on top as your base to the bigger flowers.

Step 3: Mix your Art 'N Glow resin and hardener (1:1 ratio by volume) to pour the first layer which will make a solid foundation for your arrangement. Lay your background layer of preserved nature on top of the freshly poured resin. Cover & let cure for 24 hrs.

Step 4: Start arranging your flowers! Now that the base is laid down, you can begin by arranging them any way you'd like, handling the preserved pieces very carefully since they are incredibly brittle. Continue until you have basically all the big flowers & such in place.

Step 5: Mix a second batch of resin to pour your second layer. Very slowly & carefully, pour all around your flowers trying not to get too much on the tops yet until your resin level gets a little higher in your mold & coats around the bottoms of your flowers. Check for bubbles. Cover & let cure for 24 hrs.

Step 6: Add more flowers. Now that your flowers are in place, you can add any top accent flowers if need be. Then, prepare your resin for the next layer, this time pouring on top of the flowers. Make sure to pour slowly & get in between any & all petals you can pour resin into. This step is when you need to start really watching for bubbles that will come up  in between the flower petals. Cover & let cure for 24 hrs. If you can, check on it within about an hour to do another bubble check. Heat gun or torch if necessary.

Step 7: Pour layers or resin. Keep adding layers in about ¼” thickness until you reach close to the top, letting them cure for at least 6 hours between pouring each layer.

Step 8: Trim flowers (if needed). Now that you’re almost there, check for any flowers that are sticking out. Trim, dremel or sand them down neatly. I use my dremel so if I am grinding down a petal, I can shape it into a shorter petal rather than just sand it flat. Brush or clean any sanded/dremeled resin dust off of your project.

Step 9: Prepare for your final resin layer before unmolding. Fill that mold to the top. Remove any bubbles by sweeping the torch above your mold (6-8"). Cover & let cure 24 hrs.

Step 10: Pop that beauty out of your mold and admire your work & patience. Trim and/or sand any imperfections.

Step 11: Tape off the bottom to prepare for your final coat; AKA your flood coat. 

Step 12: Pour on that flood coat. Make sure you rub the resin all over the top & sides ensuring that every little bit is coated. Torch any bubbles. Cover & let cute for 24 hrs.

Step 13: Carefully remove your painter’s tape covered in resin drips from the bottom. To easily remove this, warm the tape & drips up slowly with your heat gun to pull it off with ease.

Voilà!! Your very own permanent flower bouquet frozen in time, made by you!!