Silica gel sand is a much finer desiccant than I had used before for drying flowers. After my recent post about trying to dry flowers using silica gel beads, a lovely lady contacted me via Twitter with details of where to buy Petalcraft sand online.
Purpose-made dried flower desiccant from Petalcraft
This drying sand was quite expensive but re-usable and came with specific instructions for use with dried flowers.
It is about the same crystal size as granulated sugar, and I have already been experimenting with it, but more of that in a later post!
Check back in a day or two for the full story of drying daisies!
Update – You can now see how I got on via this link: drying daisies with silica gel sand
Hi, I am thinking of drying some of my dahlias out (first time!) and was going to buy Petal Craft silica gel sand as suggested on your site but cannot find it online? If this is no longer available, is there another one you would likewise recommend? Thanks Ann
Hi Ann, Thanks for your comment! I’m afraid I haven’t used silica gel sand for years as I like the idea of drying flowers naturally, plus it does make the petals brittle. All the blooms in my post about dried dahlias at https://driedflowercraft.co.uk/2022/11/drying-dahlias-floristry-confetti/ were dried by just hanging them up somewhere warm, so it works quite well. If you did want to go ahead with the silica gel sand, there are lots of options online but I couldn’t personally recommend a particular one. Best wishes, Ruth