Sealing water leaks

18 May 2016
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Petroleum jelly is both waterproof and not water soluble it creates a waterproof barrier to keep the water from leaking out of the vials when you hang it upside down. In fact, this trick work so well that you can use drinking straws or plastic tubes and seal it around the stem with the petroleum jelly

Cut a drinking straw into sections

Scoop up a small bit of baby petroleum jelly on a spreader

And smooth it around the flowers stem and inside the drinking straw to create a barrier

Fill the straw with water

See the Tutorial below for detailed instructions on how I make a syringe with a tube to make it easier to fill the straws

And hang the flower

See the Tutorial below for detailed instructions on how I use drinking straws to make flower vials

Sometimes regular plastic vials also need a little help to stop water from leaking out

Spread the thinnest layer of Petroleum jelly around the cap. It should now be perfectly sealed to hang upside down

See the Tutorial below for more detailed instructions on how to cut a plastic vial so that it is possible to top up the water in an upside down design.

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Tutorials

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Syringe with tube

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Fast way to fill a lot of test tubes in awkward places

I do not believe in arranging flowers without a water source of some kind. I want my flowers to remain as beautiful for as long as possible and I often get quite creative to ensure a water source for even finer stems and blossoms.