ACTIVA Art Silica Gel, 4 pounds Flower Drying Compound, White

This silica gel worked good. It dried my flowers like expected. I like how it changes color after it is used and can be reused. Would recommend purchasing it if you are looking to dry flowers for a project. Thank you.

I used this stuff to preserve flowers from a funeral. It works well! Large bag for the price. Good value and good results!

After my wedding, I wanted to preserve my flowers since I had so many of them, they costed money and they were very special to us. I found a lady who preserved wedding floral in resin, so I gave her my bouquet to work with. However, I still had a ton of flowers left over. She told me her process on how she dries the flowers prior to putting them in resin and told me I could dry my remaining floral at home. The process includes drying them in this silica for a few weeks. The process of making sure you get the silica in each of the nook and crannies of the flowers is time consuming, but the end result is beautiful and extra sentimental! All I needed was a tote in addition to the silica and flowers and a minimum of 2 weeks before I could look at them again.

dried wedding flowers and then was able to put it away to reuse another time. I needed two bags for the large bouquet I was drying, and it did not come with great instructions, but I did a little research and they didn't turn out to bad for being my first time using the product

I bought this to remove the moisture & dry a few of my Mother's Day roses, so that I could preserve them in Epoxy Resin. I was expecting lightweight silica SAND when I ordered this product, since that is what is advertised, but the texture of this stuff is more like silica crystals.To fully dry your floral cuts, the instructions say to bury & cover the flowers completely with this product, which basically ends up submerging the floral cuts. Because the weight of these crystals is heavier than I expected, my petal shapes became a bit distorted, no matter how carefully I applied the silica.The manufacturer included a sheet with drying times for every common flower, which was found packed way down inside the bag of crystals. This information sheet recommends 3 days for roses and 4-5 days for rose buds - which is definitely NOT enough time if you're planning to set roses in resin. I've heard from experienced resin sellers (that work with wedding flowers) that they use their silica for no less than 30 days. If there's ANY residual moisture left in your flowers before casting in resin, there's a high probability that your arrangement will rot. Personally, I'm not gonna be taking any chances. I will be following the resin expert's advice and drying my roses for 30 days.The price for 4 pounds of silica is ultimately what attracted me to this particular brand and was the deciding factor to buy. Upon receiving my order, I was happy to see that the product comes in a resealable zip-top bag. For all those reasons, I am currently rating this 4 stars. I will update this review (as needed) after I have set my dried roses in resin and have a finished piece to share.

Great silica gel. No dust and can be reused.

Reliable, small, and soft. I've used this to preserve several bouquets along the process of my sisters wedding events and the powder has gone a long way. One downside is if you decide to pour it into the flower, clean up can be messy and there is a really fine white powder residue that is hard to get rid of without damaging the dried flower. This happened because I decided to preserve entire flower necklaces and even buried flower bracelets in the powder, but the powder is good enough that you can lay the flowers on top or do it the proper way where you discard the stem and just keep the flower part on top of the powder. I use a lot of powder for peace of mind, but the powder actually lasts more than one batch and you do not need to use too much, I do use air tight plastic storage boxes to store the powder so keep that in mind, the powder does not age much if at any (beyond the amount of moisture in the sealed box upon closing) being stored in air tight foam sealed boxes.

I wanted to preserve some flowers from my Grandmother's funeral. Thus was so simple to use.