Dipping Solution 280ml

A quick and convenient way to colour wired flowers and leaves.  Just dip into coloured solution to obtain a beautiful and vibrant translucent finish to your flowers!

To use

Pour solution into a deep wide necked jar (preferably with a lid that has a good seal).  The jar should be deep enough to hold sufficient solution to dip the whole flower, plus allowing head space for shaking off any excess liquid.

Add colour of choice.  Liquid droplet or airbrush colours are recommended.

Hold the dry flower by the wire stem and dip into solution.  Remove and twirl around using the head space of the jar to remove excess liquid. Doing this means less mess as the liquid is contained inside the jar and saved.

Tips

If possible hang the flower to dry upside down so that any surplus colour runs down to the rim of the flower giving it an interesting edge.

You may need to dip the flower several times to obtain a deeper more vibrant colour.

If the flower is more than one colour, a barrier can be created by brushing on melted vegetable fat to keep the original colour.

Use up any leftover flowers from a project – whatever colour they are it is possible to dip them into one base colour and they will all blend together.

Put a tight lid back onto the jar to save the solution for the next time.