[BCMA] Preserving Cedar Boughs?

Wed Mar 21 14:27:43 PDT 2012

If you're looking at replicas, talk to Kevin and Heather Galloway at Across
the Board Creations here in town, who can make anything you want out of
pretty much any material, from wood to wax. They have done work for a number
of museums.

Their website is www.acrosstheboardcreations.com
<http://www.acrosstheboardcreations.com/> .

Tammy

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Hello,

Having seen the many emails about this topic coming up, I'm surprised that
this company has not yet been named, but they are experts in this field and
great to work with.

I'm sure they'll be able to help.

Check out:

http://www.greenscapedecor.com/

Reg

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On 2012-03-20, at 2:07 PM, Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv. wrote:

You might try the florist wholesale outlets on 3979 Marine Drive ( Pacific
Silks, Mayhew's, or the ones in Roseberry Square ( Northwest Wholesale
Florist ). David L Jones n=may still be around too.  There used to be
several  w/s outlets in that area.

You might get a good quality cedar bough reproductions through a wholesale
outlet - or some leads from them.

I think a good silk or some sort of fabrication would lend itself better
than freeze drying.

Flowers work well freeze dried, but not sure if brittleness and shedding
would be a problem with cedar.

Gayle Cornish

Osoyoos

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It might, I've never done this. The problems with branches like pine,
spruce, cedar etc. is stopping the needles from falling off. The sprayed on
caulking glues everything together. You could try to freeze dry the branch,
but you still need to deal with the falling needles problem.

Colin

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Colin,

What about freeze-drying?  Would this work?

Lynn Maranda

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I have not found a way to actually preserve the branches as this usually
involves chemicals and a large cooking tank of some kind. But I have learned
of a way to keep the branches from falling apart. It involves spraying the
branches with a mixture of water and clear caulking. It does not preserve
the branch but rather 'glues' it together to keep the branches and needles
from falling apart. You can do this for large or small branches. The mixture
goes on white but will dry clear. If you need to make large branches,
collect your large branch and cut off each small branch close to the main
branch (make sense?). the large main branch does not need to be sprayed with
the glue mixture, but each small branch does. Once you have finished the
small branches, you can re-attach these to the main branch by drilling a
hole where you cut it off and insert with some white wood glue.

The branch will turn dark brown so you will need to paint the branch. Use an
airbrush or some other small paint sprayer to coat the glued branches green,
then touch up with artists paints.

You may find larger heavier branches want to curl, it is important that the
branches have time to dry properly, this may take several weeks. Be sure the
branches are hung or stacked in layers so as to form the final shape. I
would suggest several branches be layered with paper in between and a piece
of thin plywood on top. Cedar branches are kind of flat naturally and once
they are installed in your exhibit would probably start to droop in a
natural looking way.

You will need:

*         DAP Dynaflex 230 clear. (this can be found in your local hardware
store, it is a caulking compound in a tube).

*         Spritzer bottles

*         A piece of stucco wire or chicken wire big enough to lay your
branches on.

*         Artists paints (I have used ordinary latex house paint for the
base color, just thin it a bit so you can spray it)

*         Poly film

*         Electric drill and mixer paddle

Build a frame with the chicken wire and set this over a sheet of poly to
keep your floor clean.

Cut the end off of the tube and force the contents out into a bucket.

Add an equal amount of water.

Mix the two together and add water if needed to make the mixture the
consistency of milk.

Pour this into the spritzer bottles

Lay your freshly cut cedar branches onto the wire frame and spray with the
water/ DAP mix just enough to wet the entire branch. You don't want to soak
your floor with it, just the branch.

Allow the branch to dry by hanging it by its stem on a clothes line.

Each branch should be re-coated at least 6 times and up to 10 times.

If you have any questions please contact me at 250-818-6386 or at
clongpre at royalbcmuseum.bc.ca

Colin Longpre

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They are a fire hazard. We used them for Christmas decorations at various
historic sites I worked at. After a month they were dry as tinder and
shedding. At BVM went with synthetic as I recall. Design crew now deceased I
believe so no lead on replicas unless current design crew have files etc.
can also try Internet search.

Preservation or synthetic? Try RBCM people who worked with Jean Andre. They
created artificial forest when Jean was Chief Designer.

Colin Stevens

Richmond BC

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On 2012-03-08, at 12:33 PM, "Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv."
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Hello,

I am wondering if anyone out there has had any success preserving cedar
boughs for long term use in exhibits. If so, any instruction would be kindly
appreciated.

Thank you,

Erin Wright

Quatse Salmon Stewardship Centre

Port Hardy, BC

www.thesalmoncentre.org

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