On Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 3:47:35 PM UTC-5, Unquestionably Confused wrote:
On 5/27/2020 3:37 PM, Sonny wrote:
On Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 1:58:30 PM UTC-5, wrote:
I use the same domes to display preserved flowers but I am having a different problem. The dome keeps fogging up after a couple of weeks. I am sealing it, and it seems to work, but eventually fogs up again. Any suggestions as to how to fix the problem or knowledge if what is causing the problem? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. I am at a total loss...
Well, the plants have a moisture content. I'd suspect that's your source of moisture. This link has a nice video showing two simple techniques for drying flowers and maintaining color.
https://www.google.com/search?q=how+...BO-H_QaHrr1A53
I like the tip of spraying the dried flower with an acrylic sealant, similarly as spraying charcoal sketches with hair spray. It seals the charcoal onto the canvas, paper, or wood.
Charcoal on wood, sealed with hair spray:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/438361...in/photostream
I would suspect you are not drying your plants well enough and/or not sealing them as well as might be. .... unless I'm missing something in your process/processes not revealed in your posting.
Sonny
As in how is the OP "sealing" the wood base (and I am NOT referring to
the seam of the glass dome and base?
The video states/shows how to seal the plant, itself, once dried, with an acrylic sealant. Sealing the plant/flower may disallow additional moisture, if any, from escaping from the plant.
The problem, or part of, may be with the dome-base seal, as well. If the interior is fogging up, I'm thinking that's too much moisture for the main issue to be the dome-base seal. I'm thinking the main moisture source is from the plant/plants, itself/themselves. The more plant mass under the dome, the more potential moisture?
We may need more info from the OP to know if/how the plants are being dried.. He/She states they are preserved, so I'm assuming there is some expertise about drying or preserving. I'm not very knowledgeable about preserving plants.
Sonny