[Chris]

We would love to try these so the question is …do they need to be dried first? If like ferns were used green, then wouldn’t the resin prevent any deterioration? A bit like being mummified? 🙂

What’s best practice?

Thanks

[Katherine Swift]

Hi Chris, I’m not an expert on this, but I did try drying flowers and putting them in resin at the beginning of the year. Here’s a link to my results: https://resinobsession.com/tag/drying-flowers

[Les]

Hello! Your website is so helpful. Any recommendations for encapsulating a slice of a morel mushroom in a polyurethane resin with a brass or copper backing and bezel? My intention is to make it into a belt buckle. Question is, do I dry the mushroom first? Can I expect the polyurethane to discolor it? Any other thoughts much appreciated!

[Katherine Swift]

You are going to have to get the mushroom as dry as possible. Polyurethane especially does not like moisture and will not cure if there is excess moisture.

[Diana]

I have made a few paperweights with floral inclusions. I dried them in silica first but did not spray with resin gloss spray. So far, it has not changed color on me. If I encapsulate them without spraying first, will they eventually lose their color?

[Katherine Swift]

If your flowers didn’t change color right away, then I would expect it to be awhile before they changed color.

[Diana]

Katherine,

Is it likely that my flowers will change color eventually if encapsulated and not sprayed first with gloss sealer? Asking so that I don’t waste any more time making these only to have the colors fade.

Thank you.

[Katherine Swift]

I don’t think so. The pieces I did over a year ago with flowers haven’t changed much that I can tell. It seems like if they didn’t change right away, I can’t tell that they have changed at all.

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