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How I made Black Roses for Valentines Day with Flat Roofing Tar
On Monday this week I made these stellar Black Rose Valentines with petroleum bitumen, aka roofing tar.
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How I made Black Roses with Roofing Tar
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First I bought a dozen red roses at the local flower shop.
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Then on a cold January morning, I took the wilting flowers to a ToughRoof flat roofing job where I met Dave who was busy feeding two industrial size mobile tar pot trailers full with a 1000 lbs of liquid bitumen, some of which I can still smell on my jacket.
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The propane heated boilers are set to almost 500 degrees and the black liquid steams in the cold air.
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The rose petals curl up and the flower dries even faster in the fumes just seconds before the ‘tar’ dip.
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The red rose bubbles and sizzles as the molten bitumen mummifies the object into a solid black masterpiece.
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Petroleum dipped roses are beautiful to behold and solid , but i wouldnt put them in the window on a hot summer day.
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If you want to give someone special in your life a black rose for Valentines Day just let me know on Twitter @Roberrific.
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roses dipped in waterproofing compound
I have to show you this, Roses Dipped in Waterproofing Compound !
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Bill Korenowsky of Royal Waterproofing in Toronto made these .. and although they'll live forever, they're pretty gooey looking, even though they're hard as rocks now.
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I wrote it up on Fuel Ghoul - Waterproofing Roses for Valentine's Day
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Next is roses preserved in ... ?